One of the veteran news broadcasters of the Channel 9 news, Richard Carlton, while covering a story about a mining disaster, where two men have been trapped in a mine for 14 says (at the time of writing this item), died of a suspected heart attack last night.
Appropriately he died on the night that the Australian TV industry was handing out its awards entitled "“Logies"”
So Richard Carlton the veteran news broadcaster in question, managed at one and the same time, —as his last official act to become the news both on his own channel and of course all of the other broadcasters as well. After 40 years in the business this veteran apparently had his timing down to perfection.
Mr. Carlton managed to be the news for the last time (—or perhaps there is more to come)— I suspect that Channel 9 will give a high profile to this story to give its own award to its veteran broadcaster and to convey to him and his family condolences on his passing.
However, business being business it would not surprise me to see in the next few days some time and air time being devoted to a coverage of the life and times of this veteran reporter - unless of course the Australian Budget displaces him from the ratings!
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