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Vale: Jaye Walton

South Australian TV pioneer Jaye Walton, has died, aged 88.

TV pioneer Jaye Walton, who presented 1960s show Touch of Elegance, has died, aged 88.

She passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon at Fullarton Lutheran Homes in Adelaide.

The morning show aired on TEN in South Australia from 1968 until 1980 and Thai-Oz Talk on Thailand’s national TV. She also hosted her own evening radio program, Walton’s World, on 5DN in the early 1980s and published SAM (South Australian Magazine) for the Messenger group from 1982-87.

Radio host Jane Reilly described her as a trailblazer.

“I remember her saying if you want to be truly successful, you need to have half the audience loving you and the other half hating you, then they all talk about you,” she told News Corp.

In 1980, Mrs Walton was awarded an OAM for her services to TV.

In 1991, Thailand’s then-King Bhumibol awarded her the medal of the Royal White Elephant for her services to charity.

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