Lisa Wilkinson pays tribute to radio presenter ‘Uncle Doug’ Mulray at his funeral
Lisa Wilkinson pays tribute to radio host ‘Uncle Doug’ Mulray as she attends his funeral following his death at age 71: ‘One of the kindest, most generous souls’
Lisa Wilkinson shared moving words for legendary radio host Doug Mulray on the day of his funeral.
In a post on Instagram, the former star of The Project shared some throwback photos from her time working with Doug on the talk show Beauty and the Beast.
The 73-year-old wrote in the caption: ‘Back to the early 2000s and my days working with this lovely man, Doug Mulray – comedy genius, Sydney FM breakfast radio icon, host of TV’s Beauty & The Beast, and a of the kindest, most generous souls I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.
“Today we said goodbye. Way too early. Vale Uncle Doug. There really will never be another like you.’
Lisa also shared a photo from a presentation at the funeral that showed Doug in some iconic poses.
Lisa Wilkinson shared moving words for legendary radio host Doug Mulray on the day of his funeral. Pictured together in a throwback photo
In a post on Instagram, the former star of The Project shared some throwback photos from her time working with Doug on the talk show Beauty and the Beast
She wrote in the caption, “Back to the early 2000s and my days working with this lovely man, Doug Mulray – comedic genius, Sydney FM breakfast radio icon, host of TV’s Beauty & The Beast, and one of the nicest, most generous souls I was once lucky enough to work with’
Known to listeners as “Uncle Doug,” the star passed away in March at the age of 71, after battling a chronic illness for months.
The Daily Telegraph claimed that sources close to the star revealed that he died of cirrhosis of the liver.
Cirrhosis is a form of liver damage in which healthy cells are replaced by scar tissue, and is often caused by obesity, hepatitis B and C, alcoholism or diabetes.
Mulray died in intensive care at a Sydney hospital.
His last public appearance was at a Triple M staff reunion at The Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay, seven weeks before he was hospitalized in December last year.
One of the pioneering voices of Australian radio in the 1980s and 1990s, Mulray was best known for his time with Triple M, which he helped launch and where he spent most of his career.
Lisa also shared a photo from a presentation at the funeral that showed Doug in some iconic poses
Known to listeners as “Uncle Doug,” the star passed away in March at the age of 71, after battling a chronic illness for several months.
One of the pioneering voices of Australian radio in the 1980s and 1990s, Mulray was best known for his time with Triple M, which he helped launch and where he spent most of his career. Photographed in the nineties
He was a ratings winner in the highly competitive breakfast slot, with a radio industry figure calling him “the Kyle Sandilands of his day – possibly even better.”
The radio star is said to have been retired and in poor health in his later years.
Mulray, who grew up in Dee Why, Sydney’s Northern Beaches, started his career with 2AD in Armidale and then moved to 2GO Gosford on the Central Coast.
He rose to prominence on Mulray and The Man in the mid-1970s on 3AW Melbourne before joining the ABC station 2JJ before it was renamed Triple J.
He then left to join the new commercial channel Triple M in 1982, beginning the most successful and high-profile chapter of his working life.
In his post-Triple M career, he co-hosted the 2SM drive slot with Peter FitzSimons. He was also employed by Sydney station 2WS (now WSFM) until he left in 1999.
Mulray was inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in 2019.
The radio star is said to have been retired and in poor health in his later years. In the photo in 2010