Australian television presenter and journalist Simon Townsend has died at age 79 after recently been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer.
His family said in a statement, "In his final days, Simon was surrounded by his family and a mix of journalists, writers, actors, political activists and Italians.
“The conversation to the last was loud, passionate and full of laughs.”
Simon was known best known as creator and host on children's television show Wonder World, which aired on Network 10 from 1979 to 1987 and won five Logie Awards for Most Popular Children's Television series.
"Simon often found himself in a stoush with Australian children's television regulators, fighting to maintain his show's boundary-pushing ethos and preserve his children's TV rating," his family said in their statement.
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Australian television presenter and journalist Simon Townsend has died at age 79 after recently been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer.
His family said in a statement, "In his final days, Simon was surrounded by his family and a mix of journalists, writers, actors, political activists and Italians.
“The conversation to the last was loud, passionate and full of laughs.”
Simon was known best known as creator and host on children's television show Wonder World, which aired on Network 10 from 1979 to 1987 and won five Logie Awards for Most Popular Children's Television series.
"Simon often found himself in a stoush with Australian children's television regulators, fighting to maintain his show's boundary-pushing ethos and preserve his children's TV rating," his family said in their statement.
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