ABC Journalist Mark Colvin dies, age 65

[Grave Danger]

Probably the last journo the ABC could afford to lose...

https://twitter.com/search?q="Mark Colvin"&src=tren

 

[MrMeaner]

Yep. There are very few like him.

 

[Grave Danger]

Some tributes from his colleagues. Quality journo, quality person.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/let-me-tell-you-a-story-about-mark-colvin/8517888

 

[raptalia]

Just listened to Richard Feidler's interview with Mark Colvin. Colvin's father was actually a British spy who worked for MI6 in the 1950s and 60s. As a result Colvin was shunted around in his childhood and he lived in Austria, London and Kuala Lumpur as a child. While his father was British his mother was Australian. A sad loss.

 

[Grave Danger]

Just listened to Richard Feidler's interview with Mark Colvin. Colvin's father was actually a British spy who worked for MI6 in the 1950s and 60s. As a result Colvin was shunted around in his childhood and he lived in Austria, London and Kuala Lumpur as a child. While his father was British his mother was Australian. A sad loss.

Started reading his book this week. Much detail about what he'd discovered (in later years) about his dad's amazing life interspersed through his own upbringing and journalistic career.