Molly Meldrum

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Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer, and musical entrepreneur.

He was the talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer, and music news host on the former popular music show Countdown (1974-1987) and is best known for his trademark Stetson hat, which he has worn in public since the 1980s (it is often mistaken for an Akubra).

Meldrum's backyard had a life-threatening fall from a ladder on December 15, 2011.

He was put under extreme medical care at the Alfred Hospital and underwent spinal and head surgery.

He had recovered enough to resume interviews and resume work duties by April 2012. Meldrum has been active on the Australian music scene since the 1960s, first with his writing for Go-Set (1966–74), a weekly teenage newspaper, and later in Countdown and subsequent media appearances.

Russell Morris ("The Real Thing," "Part Three" and "Walls," 1969), Ronnie Burns ("Smiley") and The Ferrets ("Don't Fall in Love" 1977). In July 1985, Meldrum hosted Oz for Africa as part of Live Aid's Australian leg.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in January of the following year, with the honor of "service to the promotion of international relief and youth."

Meldrum has a reputation as a champion of Australian popular music both nationally and internationally; his contributions have been recognized with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Award for "Special Achievement" in 1993 and the "Ted Albert Award" at the Australian Music Association in 1994 (APRA).

In their 2006 book, 1001 Australians You Should Know, music journalists Toby Creswell and Samantha Chenoweth call him "The single most influential person in the Australian pop industry for forty years."

Meldrum was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2014, alongside his television show, Countdown, as the first non-artist to be honoured.

He published his autobiography, The Never, Um... earlier this year. The life, Countdown, and Everything in Between are included in the Ever Ending Story.

Early life

Ian Alexander Meldrum was born in Orbost, Victoria, on January 29, 1943. Robert Meldrum (7 April 1907 – 1978), a farmer from Caniambo (25 kilometres (16 mi) from Shepparton), became a World War II army sergeant, who served with the A.I.F. Isobel Elizabeth (née Geer) (1912–1969) from Orbost, Port Moresby, and his mother was Isobel Elizabeth (née Geer) (1912–1969) from Orbost. The couple married on August 17, 1940, two months after Robert's enlistment. Brian (born 1946, Mildura) and Robert (born 1950, Kerang) are Meldrum's younger brothers.

Meldrum bounced around through childhood and grew up in Quambatook, where he attended the local primary school with future country music artist John Williamson. He also lived with a number of aunts and was raised in the Church of England's traditions. He developed an artistic passion for Gilbert & Sullivan and Verdi. Meldrum's father owned a hardware store in Kyabram for many years. His mother had regular hospitalizations for mental disorders, including several years at Larundel Mental Asylum, Bundoora in the mid-1960s. Meldrum was born in Melbourne, where he briefly attended Taylors College in the early 1960s. He started preparing to be a disc jockey at a radio academy, initially planning to become a disc jockey. "I hung around, I wouldn't even say I came into a course," says the law students at University of Melbourne, without officially enrolling or carrying law books.

He had followed his family, Ronnie Burns, who had been a member of The Flies (1964–65) before moving to The Flies (1964–65) and then as a solo artist. "Is there any chance I could come and live with you and your family?" viii, 24 Meldrum had followed Burns to the latter's house, asking, "Is there any chance I could come and live with you and your family?" What started as a two-week stay with the Burns family grew to nine years. Meldrum was caught by television cameras as a result of their arrival at Melbourne airport shortly after. Later that evening, he and Burns were banned from The Beatles' Melbourne concert for being "too excited."

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Meldrum befriended Lynne Randell, who became a pop star in the mid-1960s and later worked as Meldrum's personal assistant in the 1980s while on a surfing holiday at a Victorian coastal resort in Lorne in 1964. 42 — Meldrum started his music career in 1964 as a roadie for his friends' band, The Groop, which had early appearances in Anglesea.

Personal life

Morgan Scholes, the couple's son, and the couple's son, Meldrum's grandson, are among Meldrum's adopted children. Brian Meldrum's younger brother is a former racing journalist, golf writer, and editor. Robert is his younger brother, actor, and tutor. 168 Although he was one of Australia's first openly gay TV stars, he has said, "I had girlfriends." "I was involved a few times." He has since stated that he is bisexual, but he uses the term 'gay' interchangeably. In September 1976, his home in South Yarra was broken into; the robbers "stole sound equipment worth $14,000." A fire broke out in a hallway closet at his Richmond home just before 8 p.m. on October 11, 1984, while Meldrum was in London to tape interviews with David Bowie, Boy George, and Billy Idol. With the 'Egyptian room' suffering moderate water and smoke damage, the fire spread to the sitting-room, kitchen, and bedroom. Ray Evans, Meldrum's boss, said the Beatles' personal record collection and an autographed photograph were lucky to have survived the fire.

Since 1986, he has lived in Richmond, Australia, in an Egyptian-themed home called "Luxor." Molly: Toasted and Roasted, the Nine Network's 2003 celebrity roast, Nick Miller, was unnecessarily focusing on his sexuality, according to The Age's Nick Miller, who appeared on The Age. Meldrum was sorry when his family and friends were embarrassed by some of his remarks' bad taste. "I am proud to be gay, as a lot of others," he said. I'm not upset. "If Channel Nine wishes to do gay bashing, then so be it." Yan Wongngam, Meldrum's partner of six years, operates a courier company in Thailand as of December 2011.

Meldrum is a strong supporter of the St Kilda Football Club (AFL) and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL). Storm winners' 2009 NRL Grand Final victory celebrations were held at his home in October that year. Some of My Best Friends Aren't: Meldrum's Autobiography, Some of My Best Friends Aren't: A Unlikely Meldrum's Incident, was published by Random House Australia in 2000. The Age said on June 4, 2007 that the book had still not appeared, but that it had not appeared on June 4, 2007. He published The Never, Um... in 2014, an autobiography. Jeff Jenkins co-authored Life, Countdown, and Everything in Between. This was followed by Jenkins' second book, Ah Well, Nobody's Perfect: The Untold Stories, which Jenkins co-authored.

Meldrum was admitted to the Alfred Hospital in a critical state after being discovered unconscious in the backyard of his house in Richmond on December 15, 2011. He is said to have fallen off a ladder from a height of about three meters. He was put under intense care in a sedated state and underwent head surgery. Meldrum also sustained head injury, fractured ribs, punctured lung, and fractured vertebrae. On the morning of the crash, Meldrum was speaking with Steve Vizard on radio discussing the importance of health. By the end of December, more surgery to his chest injuries had occurred and his sedation levels had been reduced. Meldrum's brother said he had "spoken some words but they had no context."

Meldrum was breathing on his own and having discussions on January 8, 2012, but his brother Brian said his recovery would be sluggish. Meldrum was taken out of the hospital and moved to a rehabilitation center on 19 January 19th. In April, he gave his first public interview since the crash. Meldrum interviewed British pop singer Elton John and American pop singer Katy Perry a few months after the accident in 2012.

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