The one-time government producer of 60 Minutes had as many detractors as supporters, and helped form Australian industrial tv.
John Westacott (Picture: 9)
The one-time government producer of 60 Minutes, John Westacott, was discovered within the waters of Sydney Harbour on Sunday, unable to be revived after struggling a “medical incident” on a yacht. He died, aged 73.
It’s in some way becoming, in a strangled, tabloid type of manner. Sunday is the day 60 Minutes goes to air, and Westacott additionally had a ardour for crusing.
His loss of life has been marked by a outstanding tribute from his outdated employer, the 9 Community. Its information executives have known as him a “visionary” and a “trailblazer”. These are excessive and mighty phrases for a person whose skilled declare to fame was confined to producing high-rating tv applications. It’s absolutely no disrespect to the late Westacott to politely level out that, no matter he might need finished, he was no Nelson Mandela.
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Originally published at Gold Coast News HQ
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