Tributes are streaming for Graham McNeice after the media “legend” passed away on Thursday. McNeice, 76, was popular in sporting circles, especially in the horse racing market where he was a much-loved figure. ENJOY THE VIDEO ABOVE: Matt Shirvington commemorates Graham McNeice. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today After news spread that he had actually lost his brief health fight, Australia’s racing heavyweights fasted to pay their aspects. “(He was a) legend in media and a giant in racing,”Racing NSW manager Peter V’landys stated. “Even with all his contributions and accomplishments, the memory I have is of a gorgeous human. “The racing and media household has actually lost among its most popular members.”Olympian and Sunrise speaker Matt Shirvington ended up being psychological when commemorating McNiece on Friday early morning. “Graham McNiece was an excellent buddy of mine and a dazzling factor to the tv market,” Shirvington stated on Sunrise. “I fulfilled Graham, ‘Shadow’, we called him … as a 17-year-old. He was really my supervisor who assisted me through my sports profession and, I’ve got to be truthful with you, I would not be on television if it wasn’t for him. “So, he is going to be significantly missed out on. He was significantly enjoyed. He passed in harmony with his household around him. And … ummm … yeah, he was simply a charming, charming, charming person. “We’re going to miss you, ‘Shads’, and I like you.” Sydney business owner and popular racing identity John Singleton was likewise ravaged by the news. “It’s an extremely unfortunate day, we have actually lost a lovely soul,”Singleton stated. “No one has a bad word to state about Graham which is so uncommon in the media market.”McNiece cut his teeth on radio as a 17-year-old, dealing with Sydney greyhound caller Frank Kennedy. In the late 70s he signed up with Channel 10 and led that network’s protection of the 1984 Olympics. After that he signed up with Sky as an executive manufacturer, however was likewise a leading speaker on their racing channel. He was their for more than twenty years and made numerous good friends in the market before heading to the Foxtel Crime Investigations Channel to produce innovative criminal activity documentaries in the mid 2000s. Previous racecaller John Tapp stated McNeice’s profession had actually been divided in between the media stage and the documentary stage. “He was an outright expert, a really slick operator throughout his tv and radio professions, however I constantly believed his real workmanship emerged in the last 20 years with his documentaries,” Tapp stated. “His compassion, empathy and above all his commitment to buddies was famous.”Ray Warren– who dealt with McNiece at Ten– stated: “Graham was a fantastic buddy, abundant in genuineness. “He was significant, handy, charitable and extremely enthusiastic. “His work principles was amazing, he was prepared to work 8 days in 7.”
Aussie powerbrokers shattered after media legend Graham McNeice loses health fight, aged 76
