Bob Francis just announced on 5aa he had just been informed by a reliable source that Kevin Crease has just died.
ps. this can be moved to the OT board if u like just thought it was relevant here as he was a port supporter.
THE first face of television in Adelaide has died. Kevin Crease, the popular Channel 9 newsreader, succumbed to cancer.
Crease, 71, had been off-air since February, when he returned from annual leave feeling unwell. Tests confirmed he had a serious form of cancer.
Breaking into radio after being noticed spruiking raincoats on the streets, he had been a fixture of the South Australian media for 48 years.
Crease was the first person on Adelaide TV screens when Channel 9 began broadcasting in 1959.
He also worked for Channel 7 and radio station 5AD. Crease was former premier Don Dunstan's press secretary from 1975 to 1977.
In April, 1987, he became a news presenter for the Channel 9 weeknight bulletin. His partnership with Rob Kelvin lasted for almost two decades.
"If I was up to it, I would still be reading the news," he said recently.
ps. this can be moved to the OT board if u like just thought it was relevant here as he was a port supporter.
THE first face of television in Adelaide has died. Kevin Crease, the popular Channel 9 newsreader, succumbed to cancer.
Crease, 71, had been off-air since February, when he returned from annual leave feeling unwell. Tests confirmed he had a serious form of cancer.
Breaking into radio after being noticed spruiking raincoats on the streets, he had been a fixture of the South Australian media for 48 years.
Crease was the first person on Adelaide TV screens when Channel 9 began broadcasting in 1959.
He also worked for Channel 7 and radio station 5AD. Crease was former premier Don Dunstan's press secretary from 1975 to 1977.
In April, 1987, he became a news presenter for the Channel 9 weeknight bulletin. His partnership with Rob Kelvin lasted for almost two decades.
"If I was up to it, I would still be reading the news," he said recently.
