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Life Summary

Name	Albert Watson Newton
Born	23 July, 1938 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 October, 2021 (aged 83) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Daly, Vincent Patrick (acquaintance) May, Brian (acquaintance)
Education *	St Joseph's Marist College (Fitzroy, Melbourne) (student, 1950-1954)
Occupation or Descriptor *	radio entertainer (1950-1956) Victoria, Australia radio entertainer (1950-1956) Victoria, Australia television entertainer (1957-2014) Victoria, Australia radio entertainer (1976-1988) Victoria, Australia actor (film) (1981-2007) Victoria, Australia actor (stage) (1991-2016) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Logie: Best Compere (recipient, 1972) Logie: Best Compere (recipient, 1973) Logie: Best Compere (recipient, 1974) King of Moomba (Melbourne) (recipient, 1978) Logie: Gold (recipient, 1979) Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1979) Logie: Gold (recipient, 1981) Logie: Gold (recipient, 1982) Logie: Gold (recipient, 1984) Logies Hall of Fame (recipient, 1988) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2006) Victorian of the Year (recipient, 2008) King of Moomba (Melbourne) (recipient, 2014)
Workplaces *	3XY radio station (Melbourne) (radio performer, 1950-1953) 3XY radio station (Melbourne) (radio announcer, 1954-1956) Channel 7 TV station (TV presenter, 1957-1959) Channel 9 TV station (TV presenter, 1959-1985) 3UZ radio station (Melbourne) (radio presenter, 1976-1983) 3DB radio station (Melbourne) (radio presenter, 1986-1988) Channel 7 TV station (TV presenter, 1989-1992) Channel 10 TV station (TV presenter, 1992-2005) Channel 9 TV station (TV presenter, 2006-2014)

* Dates are approximate