Gavan Disney
Gavan Francis Disney (27 May 1949 – 6 November 2018[2]) was an Australian television producer.[1][3][4] CareerDisney was best known for being an executive producer of long-running Nine Network variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday and for being co-creator of Network Ten lifestyle program Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.[1] Television personality Bert Newton credited Disney with resurrecting his career in the 1990s by recruiting him to host Network Ten morning show Good Morning Australia.[5] He also served as a manager for Hey Hey regular's John Blackman and Molly Meldrum and numerous other media personality's[1] In 2009, a jury found Disney not guilty of ten counts of indecent assault and two counts of rape, after he was charged in 2008 with assaulting a 17-year-old employee while he was a senior executive at Ballarat television station BTV6 in the 1980s.[6][7] The jury had previously been directed by the judge to find Disney not guilty of an additional three counts of indecent assault due to a lack of evidence.[8] Disney died at the age of 69 in November 2018, following a long illness.[1] References
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