Vale: Dr. Ric Gordon

Obstetrician & TV medico Dr Ric Gordon, best known for the Today show and Good Medicine, has died aged 69.

Nine News reported he died of pancreatic cancer.

Professionally known as Dr Richard Porter, he was a highly respected obstetrician and fertility specialist.

Gordon was part of the team responsible for the first IVF birth in New South Wales in 1983. During his career, he delivered more than 5000 babies, including in 2003 when he delivered a baby live on the Today show, with Tracy Grimshaw in attendance.

Dr Ric first became part of the Nine family on Good Medicine which ran for nine years, from 1993.

He also drew some controversy, making an offensive analogy where he used concentration camps to explain weight loss on Today in 2015.

Despite apologising, the remark drew criticism from Australia’s Jewish community.

Wendy Harmer revealed Dr Gordon delivered both her babies even after she and her partner dropped out of IVF.

Source: News.com.au, Nine News.