Mystery illness that claimed the life of legendary radio presenter ‘Uncle Doug’ Mulray
The mysterious illness that killed legendary radio host ‘Uncle Doug’ Mulray at age 71 is revealed
Legendary radio host Doug Mulray has died of cirrhosis, according to a new report.
Known to listeners as “Uncle Doug,” the star passed away on Thursday at the age of 71, after battling a chronic illness for several months.
The Daily Telegraph claimed on Saturday that sources close to the star revealed he died of the liver disease.
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 on Thursday evening.
Legendary radio host Doug Mulray has died of cirrhosis, according to a new report. Mulray’s (center) last public appearance was at a Triple M staff reunion held at a Sydney hotel last year, seven weeks before he was hospitalized.
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.
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.
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
Mulray was inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in 2019
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.
One of the pioneering voices of Australian radio in the 1980s, Mulray was known for his time with Triple M, which he helped launch and where he spent most of his career