Entertainer Su Cruickshank passed away on Tuesday night in Newcastle after battling a long illness, aged 63.
Cruickshank was a regular guest on ABC Radio and also featured on television variety shows, including The Midday Show with Ray Martin, The Bert Newton Show and in movies.
Other roles include regular appearances on ABC’s drama G.P. and a stint as the mother of Yahoo Serious in Young Einstein. Two series of her talk programme In Company with Su Cruickshank were screened on ABC and she was a guest panellist on Good News Week.
Cruickshank was given the unofficial title ‘The Queen of Jazz’ after hosting the Midsummer Festival of Jazz in Sydney’s Domain for many years.
“She was fantastic with audiences, both as a singer and as a compere, and a promoter of jazz,” her sister Jane said.
“The thing with Su is she was incredibly generous. She did lots of freebies for charities and other musos. She was very generous with her time. Money and possessions were never important to her.”
Source: ABC, The Herald
Will miss her on the Overnight segments she has with Trev Chappel on ABC radio. very funny woman with a lovely wicked sense of humour.
Great singer, funny lady and for so long part of the Australian landscape.
We will miss you Su
I remember Su from her appearances when NBN had their telethons
Very shocked to hear that Su has passed away.I went to Merewether Public School with her and we were friends.Lost contact for a number of years,but last saw her perform at Souths in Merewether,we had a little chat mostly about friends from way back.Commiserations to her family…….Virginia Sumarac…….Melbourne.