Get out your best Reg Grundies
TV pioneer Reg Watson is to celebrate his 85th birthday with a weekend bash in December.
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Television pioneer and magnate Reg Grundy will celebrate his 85th birthday with a bash at a Sydney hotel in December, The Age reports.
Grundy, whose name is synonymous with Australian television, produced game shows from the 1960s after creating Wheel of Fortune, later adding dramas such as Prisoner, The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours to his stable. He sold the Grundy Organisation in 1995 to Pearson, which has subsequently been overtaken by FremantleMedia.
These days he is retired in Bermuda (maybe he hangs out with Bruce Gordon?) with wife Joy Chambers, an author and former actress. He was also made a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours earlier this year.
Grundy’s birthday was on August 4, but for the December bash guests will be ferried to the Southern Highlands in NSW for a weekend of wining and dining.
A spokeswoman wouldn’t elaborate on the private world of Grundy, saying: “No comment but thank you for your interest.”
Who do you reckon should be on the list for making Reg so wealthy? Here’s some suggestions: Tony Barber, Reg Watson, Val Lehman, Baby John Burgess, Ernie Sigley, Rowena Wallace, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Jackie Hatch & Tony Trent, Ian Smith, Tom Oliver, Jan Russ…..
No word if Barry Crocker is to provide the entertainment.
Source: The Age
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Vanessa Amorosi, Tony Barber, Glenn Ridge, Reg Watson, Val Lehman, Baby John Burgess, Steve Oemeke, Larry Emdur, Sophie Falkiner, Craig McLachlan, Ernie Sigley, Greg Evans, Debbie Newsome, Cameron Daddo, Rowena Wallace, Kerrie Friend, Ian Turpie, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Natalie Imbruglia, Rob Elliott, Laura Csortan, Cornelia Frances, Adriana Xenides, Delta Goodrem, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Anne Charleston, Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch, Ian Smith, Barry Crocker, Tom Oliver, Jan Russ should come to Reg Grundy’s 85th Birthday. They we’re formally from Neighbours, Wheel Of Fortune, Prisoner, Sons & Daughters, The Price Is Right and Perfect Match
hey David where is the bash in the southern highlands? not at Alan Jones’s is it?
I have seen one of the invitations a book and audio cd came wrapped in a leather look blue box very well presented, but you would expect nothing less from dear Reg.
The Dame