Australian sporting and racing icon Graham McNeice has died aged 76 after a short illness.
Throughout his celebrated 60-year career, McNiece worked as a racing commentator, presenter and documentary producer.
He began his career at the age of 17 in 1965, where he worked with legendary greyhound racing announcer Frank Kennedy on regional New South Wales radio station 2KA.
Graham remained with the station for more than a decade and then moved to Channel Ten after being offered a position as a sports presenter.
In 1984 he covered the Los Angeles Olympics for the network.
In the early 2000s he became a documentary producer and directed several critically acclaimed productions.
He joined Foxtel in 2005 and created the investigative television series CIA: Crime Investigation Australia, which provided a hard-hitting look at shocking true crimes across the country.
Many of Graham’s famous friends were quick to pay tribute to him following Thursday’s news.
Australian sporting and racing icon Graham McNeice has died aged 76 after a short illness.
“It’s a very sad day, we’ve lost a beautiful soul,” said Australian businessman John Singleton.
“No one has anything bad to say about Graham and that is very rare in the media industry.”
Graham helped many iconic Australian presenters get their start in showbiz, including Sunrise co-host Matt “Shirvo” Shirvington and Channel Nine news presenter Peter Overton.
Overton paid tribute to his late friend on air and revealed that McNeice was his daughter’s godfather.
Throughout his celebrated 60-year career, McNiece worked as a racing commentator, presenter and documentary producer.
Many of Graham’s famous friends were quick to pay tribute to him following Thursday’s news.