Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies age 70 after cancer diagnosis
Michael Rowland and Leigh Sales lead tributes to newsreader who read the ABC’s 7pm bulletin for 20 years
Former ABC news presenter Richard Morecroft has died at the age of 70.
A spokesperson released a statement saying that he had died at a time of his choosing on the south coast of New South Wales.
“We are devastated to lose such a warm, generous and caring human and hope that all those who knew him, if only through their TV screens, will remember him fondly.”
Leigh Sales said Morecroft was “a kind, warm and generous colleague, as well as being a consummate professional. I had so much admiration and regard for him and I consider myself a lucky person indeed to have been his friend.”
After graduating from the University of Adelaide he began work as an announcer with the ABC and later presented the nightly television news bulletins in Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney.
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- Michael Rowland and Leigh Sales lead tributes to newsreader who read the ABC’s 7pm bulletin for 20 years
- Former ABC news presenter Richard Morecroft has died at the age of 70.
- A spokesperson released a statement saying that he had died at a time of his choosing on the south coast of New South Wales.
- “We are devastated to lose such a warm, generous and caring human and hope that all those who knew him, if only through their TV screens, will remember him fondly.”
- Leigh Sales said Morecroft was “a kind, warm and generous colleague, as well as being a consummate professional. I had so much admiration and regard for him and I consider myself a lucky person indeed to have been his friend.”