Veteran Sydney broadcaster Doug Mulray has died aged 71. Triple M Radio Sydney and several friends have confirmed Murray passed away yesterday. Mulray started his career on NSW regional radio and rose to fame with ABC’s Double J in the late 1970s. He is best known for hosting Triple M’s breakfast show in Sydney in the 1980s.
He has also hosted radio shows on 2WS and 2SM, as well as television shows such as Beauty and the Beast and Star Trek. Friends and fans of the legendary radio host posted tributes on social media. Mulray was inducted into the Commercial Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2019 Australian Commercial Broadcasting Awards. Affectionately known as “Uncle Doug,” Murray has worked with media personalities including Andrew Denton and Peter Fitzsimons.
Legendary radio host Doug Murray, known to listeners as “Uncle Doug,” has died at the age of 71 after months of battling a chronic illness.
He died in intensive care at a Sydney hospital late on Thursday night.
One of the seminal voices of Australian radio in the 1980s, Mulray is best known for his time at Triple M, which he helped establish and where he has spent most of his career.
He was the winner of the hotly contested breakfast slot, with one broadcast industry source calling him “the Kyle Sandyland of his time – probably even better”.
Although the cause of his death is unknown, it is said that in his later years Moore was withdrawn and in poor health. He was hospitalized in December. Legendary radio host Doug Murray, known to listeners as “Uncle Doug,” has died at the age of 71 after months of battling a chronic illness. (recorded in the 1990s)
He is believed to have last been seen in public seven weeks before he was hospitalized last year, attending a Triple M staff meeting at a Sydney hotel.
Known for his outrageous humor and memorable radio personas, Mulray delivered moving speeches at gatherings of radio veterans. “We were the right people, at the right time, in the right place, with the right attitude,” he says, recalling the days when Triple M dominated music radio.
Mulray made their debut on ABC radio station 2JJ in the 1970s before changing their name to Triple J and moving to new commercial station Triple M in 1982.
“It’s an amazing thing to be a part of,” he once said of his time at Triple M.
“When I left the station, I was over. I wanted privacy, I kind of distanced myself…it was like a fantasy.
