Murray Nicoll

{{Short description|Australian journalist and broadcaster}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Murray Nicoll | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|07|20|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|05|02|1943|07|20|df=y}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Journalist | years_active = | known_for = Narrating destruction of his own house during the Ash Wednesday bushfires<ref name="radioinfo">{{cite web |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-murray-nicoll |title=Vale Murray Nicoll |date=4 May 2010 |access-date=2 March 2020 |website=radioinfo}}</ref> | notable_works = | spouse = Frankie<ref name="radioinfo"/> | children = 2 | awards= 2 Walkley Awards }} '''Murray Nicoll''' (20 July 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an Australian journalist and broadcaster whose career spanned more than 45 years.<ref name=an>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Dowdell |title=Cancer claims veteran journalist Murray Nicol |url= http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/tv/cancer-claims-veteran-journalist-murray-nicol/story-e6freeul-1225861536262|work=AdelaideNow|date=2010-05-03 |access-date=2010-05-30}}</ref> He was best known for providing reports on 5DN radio from his own burning home during the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983.<ref name=an/> His reports on the fire and the destruction of his house earned Nicoll the 1983 Walkley Award for best radio news report.<ref name="Walkley">{{cite web |url=https://www.walkleys.com/awards/walkley-winners-archive/ |title=Walkley Winners Archive |publisher=The Walkley Foundation |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>

Nicoll's resume in journalism included stints at ''The News'', in Melbourne radio, including the top rating drive time program on 3AW, and ABC radio in Adelaide, Australia.<ref name=an/> He worked as a television reporter for Channel 7 during the last five years of his life.<ref name=an/> He earned the 1985 Walkley Award for best radio current affairs report for his radio broadcasts from an expedition to Mount Everest.<ref name="Walkley"/>

Nicoll died of leukaemia at his home on 2 May 2010, at the age of 66.<ref name=an/>

He was the uncle of Chris Nicoll, currently{{When|date=March 2020}} head of production for the Capital FM Network in the UK.

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