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‘HE WAS THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON TELEVISION’

Ask any of his showbiz colleagues and they’ll tell you larger-than-life TV and radio funnyman Jono Coleman kept smiling and cracking jokes right up until his sad passing on July 9 after a heartbreaking four-year battle with prostate cancer.

Legendary TV host Simon Townsend will never forget the first time he met the Australian showbiz legend while hiring reporters for his new afternoon kids’ show.

“It was 1979 and his personality was enormous. He had an undeniable magic, was

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