Keith Bracey | |
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![]() Bracey in 1967 | |
Born | Keith Arthur Bracey 3 May 1916 |
Died | 28 October 2010 | (aged 94)
Occupation(s) | Radio and television presenter |
Keith Arthur Bracey (3 May 1916 – 28 October 2010) was a New Zealand television reporter and host who with his goatee beard was one of Television New Zealand's most recognised figures. [1]
In 1966 he was the inaugural presenter for New Zealand's first daily current affairs show, Town and Around. [1]
On 28 April 2006 at the age of 90 he was at TVNZ headquarters in Auckland to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Town and Around. [1]
Bracey had a fair amount of involvement with the crime fighting series, Police 5 that began in 1976 working as a presenter, producer and researcher for the show. He stayed with it until it was axed in 1986; the cancellation of the show made the front page in the news. There was talk of a replacement show of a similar nature. Also during the early 1980s he was part of a team that included John Hawkesby and Judy Bailey that started up and produced the Auckland regional magazine show Top Half.
During his career, he had an acting role, playing a druid leader on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in 1998. [2]
Bracey was married twice and at the time of his death, he was survived by three sons and daughter. [3] [4]
Keith Bracey | |
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![]() Bracey in 1967 | |
Born | Keith Arthur Bracey 3 May 1916 |
Died | 28 October 2010 | (aged 94)
Occupation(s) | Radio and television presenter |
Keith Arthur Bracey (3 May 1916 – 28 October 2010) was a New Zealand television reporter and host who with his goatee beard was one of Television New Zealand's most recognised figures. [1]
In 1966 he was the inaugural presenter for New Zealand's first daily current affairs show, Town and Around. [1]
On 28 April 2006 at the age of 90 he was at TVNZ headquarters in Auckland to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Town and Around. [1]
Bracey had a fair amount of involvement with the crime fighting series, Police 5 that began in 1976 working as a presenter, producer and researcher for the show. He stayed with it until it was axed in 1986; the cancellation of the show made the front page in the news. There was talk of a replacement show of a similar nature. Also during the early 1980s he was part of a team that included John Hawkesby and Judy Bailey that started up and produced the Auckland regional magazine show Top Half.
During his career, he had an acting role, playing a druid leader on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in 1998. [2]
Bracey was married twice and at the time of his death, he was survived by three sons and daughter. [3] [4]