How a health scare made broadcasting legend Kevin Milne rethink his future 4 Feb, 2021 07:03 PM 9 minutes to read The former Fair Go host was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September last year. Photo / Hagen Hopkins Other By: Cloe Willetts When television and radio presenter Kevin Milne signed up as a companion at Mary Potter Hospice last year, the former Fair Go host knew he'd be sharing life stories and final moments with palliative care patients. But the father of four hadn't expected to question his own mortality just weeks later when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. "It went through my mind that I might have a companion myself before the year was out," admits Kevin, 71, speaking to the Weekly from his home in Raumati Beach, where he lives with his wife of 42 years, Linda, 64. "When you're in your seventies, you find out how you'll react to hearing it's all going to be over and I thought, 'Well, you've got to go somehow.' I've had amazingly good luck most of my life and a glorious family and beautiful wife. I can't complain, really."