Vale Don Lane

[KT31]

Australian TV legend Don Lane has died aged 75.

He had been living in a nursing home in Melbourne and was suffering from dementia.

Lane was diagnosed with the degenerative disease in 2005.

Along with Graham Kennedy and Bert Newton, he will be remembered as part of a trio of legendary TV stars from the 1970s and 80s who ruled the airways when variety shows drew millions of viewers each week.

Lane was rewarded with nationwide fame and many Logie Awards and was later inducted in the TV Week Logie Awards Hall of Fame, but his physical and mental decline followed and he was not seen in public over the last few years. (ACA VIDEO: Lane's final TV interview)

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/878919/don-lane-loses-battle-with-illness

[Doc26]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Wow. That's sad. Still can recall his terse Randy Savage interview not to mention championing NFL coverage on free to air.

Even more sad is how old that makes me feel

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Wow. That's sad. Still can recall his terse Randy Savage interview not to mention championing NFL coverage on free to air.

Even more sad is how old that makes me feel

How about when he cracked the sads and ripped into the sceptic who had dissed Lane's pyshic friend. Doris somebody. Stokes, maybe?

[Doc26]

Re: Vale Don Lane

How about when he cracked the sads and ripped into the sceptic who had dissed Lane's pyshic friend. Doris somebody. Stokes, maybe?

Yeah that sceptic was my reference to Randy Savage and you're right it was Doris Stokes

[EasternWest]

Re: Vale Don Lane

I dunno, I reckon the best part of the hun article was when it said he was thrown out of a do for trying to punch Ernie Sigley....

RIP Don, up the Rabbitohs!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Yeah that sceptic was my reference to Randy Savage and you're right it was Doris Stokes

Are you talking about Randy Savage the wrestler?

I didn't see a lot of the Don Lane Show, but he was an Australian TV legend and will be missed I'm sure.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Vale Don Lane

James Randi not Randy Savage.

[Doc26]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Are you talking about Randy Savage the wrestler?

I didn't see a lot of the Don Lane Show, but he was an Australian TV legend and will be missed I'm sure.

Yeah was a bit of a joke and appreciate your wrestling knowledge Suz



Think the sceptic's name was something like James or John Randy

[EasternWest]

Re: Vale Don Lane

I dunno, I reckon the best part of the hun article was when it said he was thrown out of a do for trying to punch Ernie Sigley....

RIP Don, up the Rabbitohs!

C'mon Ern, tell us a bit about this.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Vale Don Lane

I dunno, I reckon the best part of the hun article was when it said he was thrown out of a do for trying to punch Ernie Sigley....

RIP Don, up the Rabbitohs!

We've all felt like doing that at some stage

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Not too sure of the relevance to football. This thread should be in the Music & Entertainment forum.

[GVGjr]

Re: Vale Don Lane

I can recall an episode with Don, Bert and a floor manager called Max where Don lost it.
They wanted to drop a whole lot of letters from a huge cage that was hoisted up in the air and it wouldn't work right. Don was getting might PO'd with Max who wouldn't listen to him.
Bert capitalized on it.

I used to enjoy Don on some American sports on the ABC years ago. He explained some of the rules very well.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Vale Don Lane

Wow. That's sad. Still can recall his terse Randy Savage interview not to mention championing NFL coverage on free to air.

Even more sad is how old that makes me feel

That was James Randi, the famed skeptic.