Sale of the Century ‘quiz king’ dies peacefully in Melbourne following long battle with Alzheimer’s
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Sale of the Century ‘quiz king’ dies peacefully in Melbourne after long battle with Alzheimer’s disease
The quiz king who became famous across Australia in the late 1980s for winning Channel Nine’s Sale of the Century a record 60 consecutive times has died.
Cary Young, 83, passed away peacefully in Melbourne with her family by her side after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
His family paid a moving tribute to the pageant legend on Thursday, whose easy-going nature and laid-back personality made him popular with the public.
Cary Young (pictured), the quiz king who became famous across Australia in the late 1980s for winning Channel Nine’s Sale of the Century a record 60 times, has died.
“People had this affection for him because he was a very normal person. He was not an academic or a professional,’ his daughter Michelle told The herald sun.
“She was working in a slaughterhouse when she was on the show, she saw an opportunity to improve her family’s life,” she added.
Michelle told the publication that her father gained his incredible general knowledge as a child when he was bedridden with asthma and had nothing to do except read.
Cary Young, 83, passed away peacefully in Melbourne with her family by her side after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Cary’s success on the show won the hearts of the audience and host Tony Barber, who awarded the mastermind the grand prize of a fiery red $35,000 Holden Piazza.
The Chase’s Brydon Coverdale, aka The Shark, led the celebrity tributes to the iconic test master.
“Cary became a really recognizable face on Australian television during that time, even though he was just an ordinary person,” he said.
His family paid a moving tribute to the pageant legend on Thursday, whose easy-going nature and laid-back personality made him popular with the public.
“I would go through encyclopedias and sources and write down a whole list of names and memorize them,” he added.
Young’s success on the show opened doors for him and between 2000 and 2006 he wrote a daily quiz for The Herald Sun.
The New Zealand-born intellectual is survived by his wife Lyn and their children Peter and Michelle.
Cary’s success on the show won the hearts of the audience and host Tony Barber, who awarded the mastermind the grand prize of a fiery red $35,000 Holden Piazza.