Radio' titan' Jonathan' Jono' Coleman dies aged 65

Tributes rain in from people like Jeremy Vine and Russell Crowe for the Australian who returned to the country of his birth as a presenter and DJ. Comedian Adam Hills and author Kathy Lette also tweet their condolences.


Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman has died after suffering from prostate cancer, his family have said.

The UK-born 65-year-old Australian, nicknamed "Jono", died on Friday with his wife and two children by his side.

He first appeared on TV in 1979 in Australia and later teamed up with Ian "Dano" Rogerson to become a double act, "Jono and Dano".

Jonathan Coleman
Image:'Jono' Coleman appeared on TV and presented numerous radio shows in the UK

After moving to the UK, he worked with Russell Williams on Virgin Radio's Russ and Jono show in the mid-1990s and was later heard on Heart and BBC radio.

In a statement tweeted by his son Oscar, Coleman's wife Margot said her husband had been her soulmate "for close to 40 years".

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