Radio legend John Laws is still recovering from the flu after a month off the air: ‘The king is not feeling his best’
John Laws has been absent from his morning show on 2SM Super Network for four weeks after being stricken with the flu.
Dave Cochrane, who replaces the 88-year-old, shared an update with his legion of loyal fans on Monday.
“I’m sorry to say you have to put up with me again today. The king is still not feeling his best, but we keep our fingers crossed that he can stand behind the golden microphone again tomorrow’, he began. .
‘We apologize. We thought he was back today. We hoped… we were told he was trying his best to be back today, but he woke up today and still not feeling very well. So our thoughts and prayers go out to him and fingers crossed that he’ll be back here, possibly tomorrow.’
Unfortunately, Laws did not return as expected on Tuesday, which has been more than four weeks since he last hosted the John Laws Morning Show.
John Laws has been absent from his morning show on 2SM Super Network for four weeks after being stricken with the flu. Pictured
Dave Cochrane, who replaces the 88-year-old, shared an update with his legion of loyal fans on Monday
Laws have not been heard on the air since August 1.
On August 16, Cochrane told listeners he would host the show for another week.
The radio veteran has been behind the microphone for over 70 years and his distinctive voice has earned him the nickname ‘the golden almonds’.
He briefly retired in 2007, before returning four years later as 2SM’s morning show host.
Laws lost his wife Caroline to cancer in February 2020 after 40 years of marriage, and was joined at her funeral by a who’s who from Sydney’s entertainment scene.
Unfortunately, Laws did not return as expected on Tuesday, which has been more than four weeks since he last hosted the John Laws Morning Show
Ms Laws, who died at the age of 82 after battling cancer, met her future second husband 71 years ago when they were teenagers.
After first meeting, the couple did not see each other for twenty years when Caroline traveled to London to practice ballet dancing and married another man.
On her return, Laws was a twice-divorced full-fledged radio star and began courting her.
Fittingly, when the pair finally reunited, it was in Luna Park’s Tunnel of Love.
Laws have not been heard on the air since August 1
Laws lost his wife Caroline (right) to cancer in February 2020 after 40 years of marriage, and was joined at her funeral by a who’s who from Sydney’s entertainment scene