TV Veteran Richard Carleton dies

[Dogsbody]

Suspected heart attack, collapsed whilst at the Beaconsfield mine site about an hour or so ago.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=99086

[Wedgie]

Crikey, bitter irony that he was covering a life/death situation of others.

[Magpiespower]

He asked a question at the press conference about the mine's poor safety record and then walked away and collapsed.

Mike Munro looked pretty shaken when announcing that he was being rushed to hospital and then even more so when announcing his death.

This could make the Bruce Weber thread tame by comparison...

[duncs7]

Quite a shock seeing that today. When Munro came on and said there was bad news from Beaconsfield, i thought the miners had been killed. As a fan of 60 minutes, it wont be the same without him.

[portentous]

He asked the tough questions, offending many people in the process, but that was his job.

He will be sorely missed, especially at 60 minutes, where I reckon he was the pick of their reporters.

RIP and condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

[GWW]

I remember seeing his story when he went into the Chernobyl nuclear site and thinking "hmm thats a pretty stupid thing to do....anything for ratings"...then i thought well i wonder if it has any affect on his (already dubious) health. I guess we'll never know but i'm sure it wouldnt have helped!!

[zipzap]

I was shocked when I heard this, but then I found out about Grant McLennan...phew...

I've always enjoyed Richard Carlton. He was a shit stirrer extraordinaire but was usually correct. Unlike the rest of his chums at 9 he never rested on his laurels and took the easy option. His stories on Chernobyl and the live meat export trade recently were typical of his style - tough and uncompromising. Is he the last of his kind on mainstream Oz TV? I think he will be sorely missed.

[Brad]

Yes Ive liked him and in typical fashion his last story he did (on the mine) was direct and straight to the point and very good.

[Magpiespower]

Two of the more famous responses Carleton provoked from subjects...

CARLETON: So, Bob Hawke, how do you feel with blood on your hands?
HAWKE: You're not improving are you? It's a ridiculous question, and you know it's ridiculous. I hope the standard of your questioning improves.

If it's a question, Mr. Carelton, of the electorate having to believe your stupidity in such a question as that and my integrity, I have no doubt where their belief will fall.

You can believe it or not in terms of if you want to appear half smart as you look so bad at. I can expect them to believe that you are a damn impertinence, Mr. Carelton.

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KEATING: You had an important place in Australian society on the ABC and you gave it up to be a pop star with a big cheque and now you're on to this sort of stuff.

That shows what a 24 carat pissant you are, Richard, that's for sure.

[Booney]

Quite a harrowing piece of footage where he walks away from the press conference,only to be deceased some moments later.Chilling.

[Jimmy]

Quite a harrowing piece of footage where he walks away from the press conference,only to be deceased some moments later.Chilling.

is there a link to such footage...and i had to check the link to see his face but it was easily recogniseable...cant beleive he is dead...shit.

[MagicKiwi]

Mike Munro looked pretty shaken when announcing that he was being rushed to hospital and then even more so when announcing his death.

Reckon they were both on the original 60 Minutes Team with Ray Martin, Ian Leslie and Jana Wendt? Was there five of them?

[MagicKiwi]

Hang on, think it was only three of them Ray Martin, Ian Lesie and George Negus.

[Magpiespower]

Reakon Mike Munro came along a fair bit later - late 80s perhaps.

Regardless, their form is the same - frame a story and force the interview subjects to fit inside it.

And if they don't fit - or don't want to be interviewed - threaten them with an unflattering portrayal tantamount to lies.

That's 60 Minutes 'journalism.'

[RustyCage]

Its sad to see him go. Although it does show his dedication to his work - he was probably just trying to get an interview with Larry Knight.

[duncs7]

Excellent work by 60 minutes tonight, didnt try to glorify him 2 much just went on with business, then put together a nice peice on him, which i thought was very well pieced together.