# Matches, Hatches, Dispatches **URL:** \ **Category:** Spy Lounge\ **Created:** [December 29, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462 "2015-12-29T18:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 193
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4006 "2024-06-07T09:37:09Z")
Andrew McVitty, who helped launch rock concert series Nightmoves on Seven Melbourne in 1977 and went on to produce music videos for Kylie Minogue in the late 1980s, has died at 68. > **[Remembering Andrew McVitty: a pioneer of Australian music television |...](https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/opinions-analysis/remembering-andrew-mcvitty-a-pioneer-of-australian-music-television-2643846/)** > > The late Andrew McVitty was a pioneer of Australian music TV who revolutionised late-night programming. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4007 "2024-06-08T07:03:13Z")
Cecile Blackman has revealed the last moments of her husband John Blackman to Sunday Herald Sun’s Fiona Byrne. > He had undergone minor surgery on Monday to have two skin cancers removed from his face and was feeling tired and flat on Tuesday. > > “I said ‘darling, just go to bed. Snuggle down and I will wake you up when I am cooking dinner,” Cecile said. > > “He slept for about five hours. I heard him come down the stairs, he came to the bottom of the stairs and he was just holding on to his chest and said ‘I have got this really, really shocking pain’. > > “I said ‘come and sit down, sweetheart, and I will ring the ambulance’. > > “I took him to the couch and laid him down and he died just then. The ambulance arrived in minutes and they did everything they could, at one stage there were eight people here, but his heart just stopped beating.” > Cecile said while John had numerous skin cancers removed, he was never diagnosed with cancer and it was his heart that took him. John had been on heart medication for many years. [https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/i-took-him-to-the-couch-and-laid-him-down-and-he-died-just-then-cecile-blackman/news-story/89121dfd978a02e25b3117ed61657b71](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/i-took-him-to-the-couch-and-laid-him-down-and-he-died-just-then-cecile-blackman/news-story/89121dfd978a02e25b3117ed61657b71) ---
**Author:** ![Tejas57](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tejas57/32/70710_2.png) [@Tejas57](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tejas57)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4008 "2024-06-08T13:41:15Z")
> **[Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash aged 90](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-08/apollo-8-astronaut-william-anders-dies-in-plane-crash/103954990)** > > The 90-year-old was piloting the plane when it crashed in Washington state. ---
**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4009 "2024-06-09T10:06:26Z")
Sad news given the likelihood of it being confirmed as Michael Mosley. > **[Michael Mosley: Body found in search for missing TV presenter](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kk9gvw8l0o)** > > Greek authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the body. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4010 "2024-06-09T12:51:08Z")
The body belonged to Michael Mosley, according to the mayor of Symi. > **[Greek authorities confirm they have found the body of Michael Mosley](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-09/body-found-michael-mosley/103957382)** > > The 67-year-old was holidaying with his wife on the Greek island of Symi when he went for a coastal walk on Wednesday afternoon, but never returned.  ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4011 "2024-06-09T22:48:40Z")
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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4012 "2024-06-10T08:56:38Z")
Michael Gibbo Gibson remembered tonight on 9 News. The Channel Niners and B105 breakfast in 90s. Died on Sunday. ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000378210](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/9/2/4/924d08f2a097e1013a3d7274cb1d64c392179f89.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000381668](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/e/6/2/e629d9c7187049fca4d1f273691991b7db9dfe7b.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000388231](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/3/5/d/35da21c5f6eab89c8691b5aa23d7e88429d4ae57.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000384968](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/a/3/1/a3195c6e3f675077fdb1f4a5392e357988c7da14.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000396355](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/3/b/f/3bf20c350dc75249b75ee58a6c01c488c79411b5.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000416531](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/4/d/e/4dec5f7febf5586e83bb01c80b8f72e1690362e1.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000450363](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/6/2/3/6235267531a187207bcead3eae802596c1fe4706.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000401031](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/a/0/f/a0ff3df276e448b3dce09e330477597e86340e67.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000457587](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/f/1/6/f160858465cba5b3b1dff378285978ddcf0925f1.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000455053](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/8/0/8/8081a4266a57cf971be0058ac0049048a27552a3.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000461209](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/2/c/f/2cfc485e0afb82dbde7552b42258a71dd91c1972.jpeg) ![9News_20240610_1828.ts_000366191](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/2/a/b/2ab9e801aeace4a4b2ee13398e595636a27cf24d.jpeg) > Michael ‘Gibbo’ Gibson, one of Brisbane’s most creative performers, died yesterday, says his wife Carol Gibson in a post on Facebook. > > Gibbo was born in 1954, and provided creative content for [@Channel9](https://twitter.com/Channel9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Brisbane, [@Channel7](https://twitter.com/Channel7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Brisbane & [@SCA](https://twitter.com/SCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s B105. > > He made a lot of people laugh. [https://t.co/UeW4OKsW9m](https://t.co/UeW4OKsW9m) > > — Brenden Wood (@BrendenWood) [June 10, 2024](https://twitter.com/BrendenWood/status/1800062064586862787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/9/c/1/9c159c8861e3f94f6969dc399c29b2f19ad8a48e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4013 "2024-06-10T09:00:06Z")
He was great on _Agro’s Cartoon Connection_. ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4014 "2024-06-10T09:05:11Z")
Former SA Premier, Senator and House of Represenatives MP Steele Hall has died aged 95: > **[Former SA premier Steele Hall dies aged 95](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/sa-former-premier-steele-hall-dies/103959720)** > > Steele Hall's parliamentary career stretched more than 33 years, including stints in both the federal and state parliaments. Former Liberal State Minister Jennifer Cashmore AM (who’s also the mother of the current State Governor Frances Adamson) has also passed away, aged 86: > **[Former Liberal MP Jennifer Cashmore's 'trailblazing legacy' remembered](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/sa-governor-pays-tribute-to-mother-jennifer-cashmore/103960772)** > > Former Liberal MP Jennifer Cashmore AM, the mother of South Australian Governor Frances Adamson, has been remembered for her "trailblazing legacy" following her death at 86.  ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4015 "2024-06-12T21:37:02Z")
> **[Mark James: Suspicious Minds and Always On My Mind songwriter dies](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggwdvv5kxo)** > > He was also responsible for such enduring hits as Always On My Mind and Hooked On A Feeling. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4016 "2024-06-13T09:52:53Z")
> **[Vale: Kevin Sanders | TV Tonight](https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/06/vale-kevin-sanders.html)** > > Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker Kevin Sanders, best known as "the first voice on CNN,' has died. * * * > **[NBA all-time great Jerry West dies at age 86](https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/40333628/nba-all-great-jerry-west-dies-age-86)** > > Jerry West, a three-time Basketball Hall of Famer whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, has died at age 86. West was honoured with a video tribute and a moment of silence before game 3 of 2024 NBA finals between Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics in Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4017 "2024-06-14T07:37:39Z")
Courier Mail: > **Michael James** , who was hailed a hero for safely landing his badly-damaged helicopter on a sandbank in the Gold Coast Broadwater after a mid-air collision with another joy flight chopper, passed away last week after battling cancer. He was 53. > > Mr James’ actions were credited with saving the lives of all his passengers including New Zealand tourists Elmarie and Riaan Steenberg and Edward and Marle Stewart. > [#BREAKING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): The pilot who survived the fatal Sea World helicopter crash last year has tragically passed away, after losing his battle to cancer. [#9News](https://twitter.com/hashtag/9News?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[@BonnellYasmin](https://twitter.com/BonnellYasmin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/GQIsHI4fnd](https://t.co/GQIsHI4fnd) > > — 9News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) [June 14, 2024](https://twitter.com/9NewsGoldCoast/status/1801518384992977020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4018 "2024-06-14T23:42:06Z")
> **['He was saying he wanted another 50 years to paint': Australian artist Guy...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-14/guy-warren-dies-archibald-prize-australian-artist/103979240)** > > The "trailblazing" Australian artist — who won the Archibald in 1985 — had a career spanning more than 80 years and was painting right up until he died. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4019 "2024-06-17T09:41:58Z")
> **[Kevin Brophy Dies: Star Of TV Series ‘Lucan’ And Actor In Horror Classic...](https://deadline.com/2024/06/kevin-brophy-dead-lucan-hell-night-obituary-1235975006/)** > > Kevin Brophy, an actor in film and TV, died May 11 of cancer at 70. ---
**Author:** ![LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/liamp/32/300932_2.png) [@LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LiamP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4020 "2024-06-17T21:02:27Z")
> **[Dance music producer Dario G known for No 2 hit Sunchyme dies at 53](https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/17/dance-music-producer-dario-g-paul-spencer-sunchyme-dies-at-53)** > > The musician, whose real name was Paul Spencer, was diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer in 2023 ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4021 "2024-06-20T09:50:40Z")
Pioneering producer and Romper Room presenter Dawn Kenyon died earlier this year, a week short of her 92nd birthday. > **[Romper Room presenter was first lady of children’s television](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/romper-room-presenter-was-first-lady-of-children-s-television-20240618-p5jmt0.html)** > > Dawn Kenyon was on Channel 7’s screens on the very first day the station broadcast in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4022 "2024-06-20T13:45:29Z")
Cadel Evans tied the knot with his long-term partner Stefania Zandonella in a lavish destination wedding in Mauritius on June 1. > **[One of Australia's greatest ever athletes marries his beautiful bride](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13549645/Athlete-Cadel-Evans-marries-bride-ceremony-abroad.html)** > > The former world cycling champion and his beautiful bride Stefania confirmed the news of their union in a romantic post shared to Instagram on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Ricketycricket](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/ricketycricket/32/11034_2.png) [@Ricketycricket](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Ricketycricket)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4023 "2024-06-20T17:33:21Z")
> **[Donald Sutherland, Star of ‘MASH,’ ‘Klute’ and ‘Hunger Games,’ Dies at 88](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/)** > > Donald Sutherland, who starred in 'MASH,' 'Klute' and 'The Hunger Games' franchise, has died. He was 88. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4024 "2024-06-21T08:40:09Z")
Klute! Now there’s a throwback. What an actor! RIP. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462/4025 "2024-06-21T09:15:17Z")
Purple Wiggle John Pearce and wife Jessie announce they are expecting first child together > **[Purple Wiggle announces surprise personal news](https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/purple-wiggle-john-pearce-and-wife-jessie-announce-they-are-expecting-first-child-together--c-15088293.amp)** > > ‘We are so full of joy.’ [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462.md?page=192) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/matches-hatches-dispatches/462.md?page=194)