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    Australian journalist and TV presenter Simon Townsend, best known for Simon Townsend’s Wonder World!, has died. He was 79 and had an aggressive cancer.
    "Wonder World" was a must watch for me after school. Simon Townsend fostered so much young talent.
    It was a pleasant diversion before my parents started watching the NEWS endlessly. Only one TV in the house back in the 1980s.


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    R.I.P Simon

    Back in the 80's his production office was a few doors down from where I worked.
    They would come in to get sound effects and mix downs done.

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    Children's television in Australia owes a lot to Simon.

    Several of the youthful reporters/presenters on Wonder World went on to successful journalism careers.

    R.I.P. Simon.
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