Vale John Pickup OAM
John Pickup OAM, a broadcaster and the last remaining member of the famed outback artist collective, the Brushmen of the Bush, passed away this week at his home in Murwillumbah at the age of 91. John was a well known broadcaster who spent more than 4 decades at the ABC, and had worked in radio and television in a media career that began in 1947 when friends persuaded him to enter a talent quest on 2UE.