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Share Yeah, it s been a pretty tough time actually and it s very sad to lose John, he added.
Shane then said that his thoughts were with John s family, including his wife Delvene Delaney. He was one of the all time great people : Shane started by opening up about the recent loss of John Cornell, who died last week following a 20-year battle with Parkinson s disease
Cornell died at his home in Byron Bay last week with Delvene by his side.
The industry icon had been battling Parkinson s disease for 20-years before passing away at age 80. A classic Australian character, John Cornell made the lives he touched much richer, not only through donations, but also through his generosity of spirit, humour, humility and honour, his family said in a statement.
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At the time, she was offered $5000 to pose as a centerfold in the magazine, but knocked it back to return to Australia to focus on her acting career.
Back home, she landed a few small gigs, before being picked up as the host of the short-lived game show High Rollers in 1975.
Flashback: The Queensland-born beauty, now aged 69, got her start in showbiz as a teen model before working as a weather girl in Brisbane and Melbourne
Glamour: Delvene was arguably one of the biggest Australian sex symbols of the 1970s
It was the exposure from High Rollers that led to her being discovered by Cornell, who quickly became her manager and then lover.