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Veteran ABC Newsreader Richard Morecroft Dies Aged 70
The English-born broadcaster presented ABC News NSW from 1983 to 2002 and later hosted Letters and Numbers, becoming a trusted national television figure.
- Former ABC News NSW presenter Richard Morecroft died aged 70 on Monday on the NSW South Coast, passing "at a time of his choosing" following a cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
- Born in England in 1956, Morecroft migrated to Adelaide as a child and built his broadcasting career anchoring the ABC News NSW desk from 1983 until 2002, a role he held for nearly 20 years.
- Beyond the newsdesk, Morecroft hosted SBS's Letters and Numbers and ABC's Behind the News, while serving conservation organizations including WWF Australia, WIRES, the Taronga Foundation, and the Zoological Parks Board.
- Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales described Morecroft as a "gentle man" and "pure class," while former ABC presenter Michael Rowland called him a "superb" newsreader and "lovely man."
- Morecroft is survived by his partner of 36 years, Alison Mackay, and is remembered by colleagues as "one of the most wonderful human beings on the planet.
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Anthony Albanese basically recovered Morecroft – a passionate environmental advocate – keeping infant flying foxes under his desk as he presented the news
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Total News Sources19
Leaning Left6Leaning Right1Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 42%
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