Bruce Mansfield

Bruce Mansfield (24 April 1944 – 17 April 2016) was an Australian television/radio personality and narrator.

Early career Mansfield began in radio at age 16, when he won a junior announcer's competition at the 3UZ radio station in 1960. The prize was 100 pounds ($200) and a week on-air. He then joined 3KZ in 1962 as a panel operator and late night announcer. In 1964 he joined 3XY presenting the mid-morning program.

In 1968, he moved to television and appeared on Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight on the Nine Network's Melbourne station, GTV-9. He went on to present an afternoon program, Mansfield's Melbourne, on 3AK in 2000, before returning to his former role as Nightline and Remember When co-host on 3AW in 2001.

Bert Newton and Rove Mansfield featured as a contributor on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia, presenting a segment called "Collectables", a nostalgia-related segment. In 2004, Mansfield did the voice-overs for a segment on Rove Live called "Who's in the Swivel Chair?"

Awards In 2003, Mansfield, with on-air partner, Philip Brady, won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Networked Program (Nightline).

Community work Mansfield was an Australia Day ambassador in Victoria. On Australia Day, ambassadors go to various Victorian communities to spread the message of national pride, participate in local activities and give a short speech on what being Australian means to them.

In March 2013, Mansfield agreed to become an ambassador for the Northern Health Foundation, with a focus on the foundation's bequest program. Northern Health is one of Victoria's busiest public health services.

Death On 17 April 2016, 3AW announced that Mansfield had died that morning from prostate cancer. He was one week away from turning 72.