Australian broadcaster Peter Luck, dies at 73
Pioneering Australian broadcaster and journalist, Peter Luck, has passed away aged 73.
Luck had been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for a long time, according to Fairfax Media.
In a career spanning more than five decades, Luck worked across Seven, the ABC, and Nine, presenting and producing some of Australia’s biggest current affairs programs.
He was behind the original team at This Day Tonight, and was also involved in Four Corners, Sunday, Today Tonight and Inside Edition.
Luck was also an author and historian, writing ten books, which have sold more than 300,000 copies, and launched a 36-part series, This Fabulous Century, with interviews of 300 prominent Australians.
Friend and journalist, Mike Carlton, took to Twitter to share the news:
Saddened beyond measure to report the death last night of Peter Luck. My dear friend, and great journalist and writer.
— Mike Carlton (@MikeCarlton01) September 6, 2017
Four Corners executive producer, Sally Neighbour, said Luck was “one of the true greats of journalism, a role model to generations of reporters.”
Vale Peter Luck, one of the true greats of journalism, a role model to generations of reporters @abcnews @4corners pic.twitter.com/FSQ2tOmOaV
— Sally Neighbour (@neighbour_s) September 7, 2017
Others took to Twitter to share their thoughts:
Vale Peter Luck. A lovely, creative man in the world of TV. Thoughts with Penny, the rest of his family and friends. https://t.co/wivTqJVIoc
— Jenny Brockie (@JenBrockie) September 7, 2017
RIP. A very good man, Peter Luck, formidable journalist and writer, with a strongly Australian bent. https://t.co/FtxkJ1ZPBa
— Peter FitzSimons (@Peter_Fitz) September 6, 2017