Kevin Crease
Kevin Crease | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 May 1936 |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1957−2006 |
| Children | 4 |
Kevin John Crease (8 May 1936 – 12 April 2007) was a
National Nine News with Rob Kelvin
between 1987 and 2007.
Early life
Born in
North Adelaide and raised in the working class seaside suburb of Semaphore
, Crease was the eldest of four children. He was a prodigious public speaker from a young age and won the Year 7 senior school debating championship.
He started his working life as a clerical worker in 1952 with
Shell before becoming a copy boy and later cadet at Adelaide's The News newspaper, where he quickly "fell foul of the chief-of-staff" and was sacked. Crease completed his national service
, but resigned from the army following an incident where he used an armoured car to attend a party with his girlfriend.
Professional career
Crease started his radio career at radio station
compere
from 1962 to 1975. In the early 1970s, he hosted the news program News Beat.
From 1975 to 1977, Crease was then
National Nine News with Rob Kelvin. Together, the pair would enjoy considerable ratings success, taking Nine News Adelaide to the top of the ratings in the 1990s.[1]
On 9 February 2007, co-host
National Nine News that he was suffering from a 'serious form of cancer'. The Sunday Mail reported the following day that Crease would be retiring from television broadcasting.[2]
Death
Crease died on 12 April 2007, aged 70 at the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital.[3]
Honours
Following his death, Crease was posthumously inducted into the
Tom Crease, at the awards ceremony held 28 April 2007, at the Adelaide Festival Centre.[4]
Later that week NWS-9 aired Farewell Creasey which was the top rating program in Adelaide for the week.
Personal life
He had three children with his first wife Josie. He was also the father with his second wife Cathy of Frenzal Rhomb bassist Tom Crease.
References
- ^ Leo, Jessica (28 September 2011). "Nine news ratings woes the big story". The Advertiser. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- The Advertiser. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
- The Advertiser. Archived from the originalon 7 September 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ^ "SA Media Awards :: History". SA Media Awards. Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009.