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Mayor of Bordeaux
Emigrated to Australia together with his mother Lilian in 1953.
His first professional radio performance was on station 2RG in Griffith, New South Wales from 1958 to 1961.
In his first major television news bulletin, for HSV7 in Melbourne, Victoria, he announced the death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Has 2 daughters - Georgie (born 1971) and Romy (born 1973).
Governor General of Canada (October 1, 2010 - ).
Last words were a radio transmission: "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!".
Died observing the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. Witnessed the largest landslide in recorded history. He was located on a ridge five miles north of the volcano. He was directly in the path of the lateral blast.
Predicted that Mount St. Helens would erupt in a very violent, explosive way.
