Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies age 70 after cancer diagnosis

Published October 6, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Michael Rowland and Leigh Sales lead tributes to newsreader who read the ABC’s 7pm bulletin for 20 years

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Former ABC news presenter Richard Morecroft has died at the age of 70.

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Morecroft presented ABC’s 7pm news bulletin for almost 20 years until 2002.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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