John Blades
(1959-2011)
Australian musician and radio presenter
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John Thomas Blades (8 December 1959 – 25 November 2011) was an Australian experimental music artist and member of The Loop Orchestra; he also worked as a radio broadcaster and documentary maker, and as a civil engineer. In 1982 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair from 1993. In 2010, his radio documentary, The Too Hard Basket, won the Walkley Award for 'Social Equity Journalism – All Media', and the 'Radio Documentary of the Year Award' from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Blades died on 25 November 2011 after complications from cancer therapy.
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1 December 1959 Sydney, Australia
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| Died |
25 November 2011 (aged 51) Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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