| Bobby Limb | |
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| Born | 10 November 1924 |
| Died | September 11, 1999 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Television actor |
| Spouse(s) | Dawn Lake |
Bobby Limb AO OBE (10 November 1924 - 11 September 1999) was an Australian pioneering radio and television entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Dawn Lake (20 January 1927 – 1 January 2006 was an Australian television comedian singer entertainer and actor whose career spanned more than four decades Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
He first appeared in the satirical radio programme The Idiot Weekly in 1958 and 1959, alongside such players as Spike Milligan, Ray Barrett and John Bluthal. The Idiot Weekly ( 1958 - 1962) was a Radio programme made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE ( 16 April, 1918 &ndash 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an Anglo Ray Barrett (born Raymond Charles Barrett 2 May 1927 in Brisbane Queensland) is an Australian actor John Bluthal (born 1929 is a film and television actor mostly in comedy
His most successful television shows were The Mobil Limb Show, Australia's first national television show, and Bobby Limb's The Sound of Music, which ran for nine years 1963-1972, being the country's top-rated show for most of that time. Limb switched with his program from TCN Channel 9 to TEN10 in exactly the same timeslot on Friday nights. Channel 9 then picked up the younger Barry Crocker from TEN10 where he'd been hosting a similar program called "Say it with Music", and placed this into almost exactly the same timeslot with the same "Sound of Music" name on Friday nights. Barry Hugh Crocker OAM (born 4 November 1935, in Geelong Victoria, Australia) is a popular Australian singer with a crooning Crocker's initial success waned, but both versions were axed within a few years as the format had had its run.
He married fellow entertainer Dawn Lake in 1958, and often appeared with her. Dawn Lake (20 January 1927 – 1 January 2006 was an Australian television comedian singer entertainer and actor whose career spanned more than four decades As a couple, they became iconic within the Australian entertainment industry.
He promoted and supported young musicians, such as the group Human Nature. Human Nature is an Australian pop Vocal group. The group was originally formed as a Doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together
He supported Diabetes Australia, and founded the Bobby Limb Foundation to help sufferers of diabetes. Diabetes Australia is the third oldest Diabetes association in the world after the United Kingdom and Portugal. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc
On 11 September 1999, Bobby Limb died of cancer, a condition he had previously suffered and apparently beaten. At Limb's funeral, the former Whitlam government minister Douglas McClelland said that Bobby Limb was to the Australian entertainment industry what Sir Don Bradman was to cricket, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was to aviation, Dame Joan Sutherland was to opera, and Dr Victor Chang was to surgery. Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st Douglas (Doug McClelland, AC (born 5 August 1926) was elected to the Australian Senate as a member of the Australian Labor Party Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001 often referred to as The Don, was an Australian Cricketer widely Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (9 February 1897 - 8 November 1935 often called Charles Kingsford Smith or by his nickname Smithy, was a well-known WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 Doctor Victor Peter Chang AC ( Chang Yam Him 21 November, 1936 &ndash 4 July, 1991) was a Chinese-Australian
Honours and awards
He won a total of 11 Logie Awards, including the 1964 Gold Logie, awarded to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards which have been presented annually since 1959 The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960
He won a Mr Show Business award in the USA.
In 1983, he won the Australian Father of the Year award. The Australian Father Of The Year award is an Australian award to honor and showcase a fine example of Australian fatherhood
In 1967 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his efforts in entertaining Australian troops in the Vietnam War. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia In 2000, nine months after his death, he was awarded the posthumous honour of Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition
References
- Article about Limb by Cynthia Banham, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 June 2000
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