Former Kommotion common Tony Healey was farewelled by family and friends celebrating this weekend in Melbourne.

Healey handed away in early February aged in his seventies. He had been battling severe coronary heart and kidney points for a while.

Healey shot to fame in 1965 when he joined Kommotion as performer and dancer.

His recognition was so immense that he had his personal fan membership, that includes on the present alongside Ken Sparkes, Molly Meldrum and Denise Drysdale. The present ran for 2 years on Channel 0, ending after Actors Fairness objected to acts miming on the present.

After his tv profession, Healey transitioned into journalism, turning into a long-time author for certainly one of Australia’s first music magazines, Go-Set. He later gained recognition as a journey journalist, chronicling his adventures world wide.

Buddy Ash Lengthy not too long ago wrote on Fb “Vale Tony Healey. Oh, what enjoyable now we have had over time.

“Tony appeared within the early years of the Uptight, Taking place, Kommotion TV packages and was vitally concerned in Melbourne’s early days of rock-n-roll,” he mentioned.

“He had a enterprise mind and was related to numerous promotions, working as a journo and as a PR man.

“…Deepest sympathy to Tony’s household and pals. As Tony would say, ‘Bestest’.”

Supply: SKY Information