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Title: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: eye30 on May 09, 2016, 07:15:45: Reg Grundy, the producer behind the Australian soap opera Neighbours, has died, aged 92.

Grundy's production company created many of Australia's biggest television shows, including The Young Doctors and Prisoner: Cell Block H.

In the mid-1980s Grundy developed Neighbours with his head of drama Reg Watson.

The popular soap, which made Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan international stars, is still running today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36222958

Ps
The only soap on tv which is true to life. All othets are just fiction!
Title: Re: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: CraigB on May 09, 2016, 07:33:31: 92 is a good innings...shame they cant bury his TV soapies with him though :(
Title: Re: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: Dazzler on May 09, 2016, 07:34:26: He was reportedly worth around A$800 million a couple of years ago! At least he had plenty of year to enjoy it. He supposedly had a 3 day party for his 85th birthday and used to own one of the world's largest yachts.
Title: Re: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: Doggie 1 on May 09, 2016, 14:30:15: Quote from: CraigB on May 09, 2016, 07:33:31
92 is a good innings...shame they cant bury his TV soapies with him though :(

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Title: Re: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: eye30 on May 09, 2016, 16:54:32: Quote from: Dazzler on May 09, 2016, 07:34:26
He supposedly had a 3 day party for his 85th birthday

I heard he fell out with his neighbour
Title: Re: Reg Grundy: Producer who helped create Neighbours dies
Post by: asathorny on May 09, 2016, 18:27:47: Quote from: CraigB on May 09, 2016, 07:33:31
92 is a good innings...shame they cant bury his TV soapies with him though :(

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