- Born
- DiedJanuary 14, 2025 (cancer)
- Simon Townsend was born on November 27, 1945. He was a producer and writer, known for Wonder World! (1979), At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture (1983) and ABBA: Bang a Boomerang (2013). He was married to Rosanna. He died on January 14, 2025.
- SpouseRosanna(? - 2003) (her death, 2 children)
- Best known as creator and host on children's television show Wonder World, which dominated the Australian afternoon time slot from 1979 to 1987.
- He first made headlines in 1967 as a young journalist and conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Active in the anti-war movement, he made a point of showing up to protests in a three-piece suit.
- Mr Townsend got his start in Australian television from 1970 and worked as a reporter for ABC's This Day Tonight.
- Townsend suffered three strokes. In August 2005, he told ABC TV he feared the next stroke might kill him.
- Simon Townsend was an Australian journalist who became a popular television producer and host as presenter of Simon Townsend's Wonder World from 1979 to 1987.
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