Vale: Brian Courtis
Melbourne television critic and former editor of the Green Guide, Brian Courtis, has died.
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Melbourne television critic Brian Courtis, a former editor of the Green Guide, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 63.
Courtis most recently wrote for The Sunday Age, but began under the Age banner as far back as 1973.
He was the daily television columnist for The Age from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, editing the Green Guide in the late ’90s and later becoming the TV critic for The Sunday Age until 2007.
He had a love of music, especially jazz, movies and travel.
Columnist Debi Enker notes that Courtis’ enthusiasm for and curiosity about the television industry, its programs and personalities, never diminished, nor did his relish in a well-written script.
Seamus Bradley, who worked with Brian on The Sunday Age and followed him as Green Guide editor, said: “He was extremely generous with his time and his talent.
“He was supportive of his staff and he challenged people and got the best out of them. He was also a genuinely nice guy.”
Sadly, in little more than two years the television industry has also lost journalists Ross Warneke, Robert Fidgeon and Tony Johnston.
Source / Photo: The Age.
5 Responses
God bless Brian – you were one of the best tv writers and critics in the business. A true gentleman and a pleasure to work with.
Elegant man, elegant writer, all round lovely bloke. A great loss.
That is the third television critic to die within the last 24 months or something?
Robert Fidgeon
Ross Warneke
Now
Brian Courtis
Thank you for many wonderfully written and researched articles like our good friend Robert Fidgeon gone way to early ….
RIP Brian.