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FAREWELL BOB Passing of Bob Horsfall
■ Melbourne’s showbiz fraternity will gather at East Bentleigh this afternoon (Wed.) for the funeral service for Bob Horsfall, who died late last week at the age of 90. He has been a senior member of the The popular showman continSurvivors Club of showbiz veterans ued to be heard until several founded by Bert Newton. weeks ago on his own weekly proIn recent years, Bob has battled health gram, Pleasant Memories, on problems with cancer in both lungs, and Wednesday afternoons on Golden a broken hip and a broken collarbone. In 2011, he was named as an awardee Days Radio 95.7FM. of an Order of Australia medal in the
● Melbourne entertainer Bob Horsfall has died at age 90
Bob Horsfall started his show business career at the age of 10 at the Royal South Street competitions where he was boy soprano champion under 16 for three years. Bob began entertaining in 1936 at the Tivoli Theatre as an acrobatic dancer. He was the Australian Tap Dancing champion for 18 years. He had worked in theatre, radio, television and film, and continues to write a column in a monthly seniors’ newspapers, and to draw cartoons for an overseas publications. Bob Horsfall was perhaps best known for his television appearances on Channel 9 (In Melbourne Tonight) and Channel 7 (The Happy Show). Bob was described as radio’s first “disc jockey” with a career that included stints at 3AW, 3KZ and 3UZ. He had earlier been a messenger boy at 3KZ. His radio career as a boy soprano included jobs at 3AW with ‘Nicky’ on The Flying Axehandles, and on 3DB with Don Baker. At the height of his television exposure in the 1960s he operated a chain of children’s talent schools across Melbourne. He performed with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Mel Torme, Tommy Dorsey and a heap of other legends. Bob Horsfall was organiser and performer in the Tunetwisters.
Queen’s Birthday 2011 Honours List. His passing is mourned by his many friends. Sympathy is extended to his daughter Fiona and son Cole.
Magic 1278 to close? ■ The Melbourne radio scene is abuzz with speculation that Magic 1278 wiull soon cease to be a music station, to be replaced with a lifestyle ‘advertorial’ station relayed from Sydney. Macquarie Media, which also operates 3AW in Melbourne, have commenced the lifestyle channel on Sydney station 2UE. Company Chairman Russell Tate told last month’s annual general meeting of the company that the future of the lifestyle radio format would be reviewed in the next year. More on Page 38
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