Peter Anthony Luck (5 January 1944 – 6 September 2017) was an Australian author, TV journalist, producer and presenter.

Peter Luck
Born
Peter Anthony Luck

(1944-01-05)5 January 1944
Died6 September 2017(2017-09-06) (aged 73)
Occupations
  • TV journalist
  • author
  • producer
  • presenter
Years active1967−2009

Career

edit

As a television personality, among the shows he worked on were This Day Tonight, Four Corners, Sunday, Inside Edition and Today Tonight, Bicentennial Minutes … A Time to Remember, This Fabulous Century, The Australians, 50 Fantastic Years and Where Are They Now?.[1]

This Fabulous Century was a 37-part series produced by the Seven Network, after Luck's previous employer, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had declined, believing that a series that relied so heavily on black-and-white film, when the country had only recently switched to colour television, would not be successful. It was shown on Sunday nights on Seven, and became the hit of 1979.[2]

Personal life

edit

Peter Luck was raised in Adelaide, South Australia, and attended Findon High School. Luck was married to Penny for 43 years, and they had a son and daughter.[3]

Death

edit

Luck died on 6 September 2017 at Concord Repatriation General Hospital.[4] He had cancer and Parkinson's disease when he died.[3]

Discography

edit

Studio albums

edit
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[5]
And The Word Was Gough
(with Michael Carlton)
  • Released November 1975
  • Format: LP
  • Label: M7 (MLF-107)
55

References

edit
  1. ^ "Biography". www.peterluck.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ David Dale, "Fakes & Fictions", The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1999, Spectrum, p.7s
  3. ^ a b "Peter Luck, Australian journalist and presenter, dies aged 73". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ Idato, Michael (7 September 2017). "Journalist and TV presenter Peter Luck dead, aged 73". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 182. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
edit