Eric Pearce
Presenter, Award Winner
1905 – 1997
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Who was Eric Pearce?
Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE was a broadcaster and television pioneer in Australia. Pearce was born in Hampshire, England, and had an early career in radio on the BBC before migrating to Australia, where he was a long-term newsreader on Melbourne TV stations HSV Channel 7 and GTV Channel 9. Pearce was married three times: Ella Mary; Jean Mary Macartney; and Betty. Pearce's catchphrase sign-off of his news reports, "God bless you, and you", was for viewers and his third wife. Pearce was a devout Anglican.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1905
Hampshire - Also known as
- Sir Eric Pearce
- Sir Eric Herbert Pearce
- Eric Herbert Pearce
- Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ella Mary Pearce
(1933 - 1939) - Jean Mary Pearce
(1939 - 1956) - Betty Pearce
(1963 - 1987)
- Ella Mary Pearce
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 12, 1997
Malvern
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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