Russell Goodrick

Michael Russell Goodrick (1948 – 10 May 2021) was an Australian politician and the former newsreader of Channel 9 in Western Australia from the 1974 to 1997. He served on the board of the Swan Chamber of Commerce and held numerous events in Perth since the 1990s, including Carols by Candlelight events in Perth. For his role as a presenter on Channel 9, he won a Logie award in 1983. In January 2021, he was diagnosed with necrotizing pancreatitis, which caused his death on 11 May 2021. in Manchester, United Kingdom. Throughout his career from 1974 to 1997, he hosted over a thousand programs and documentaries, where he was quite popular among viewers, which led him to win a Logie award in 1983. Goodrick was also a non-executive director of Lumacom. Goodrick contested the 2018 Darling Range by-election as a candidate of the Western Australia party, with the party announcing his candidacy on 23 June 2018. On the ballot, he was listed at the top as number one. In the election he campaigned on expanding infrastructure in the electorate. During the 2021 Western Australia state election, he was the Western Australia candidate for the electoral district of Mount Lawley, where he came sixth out of the eight candidates, winning 321 votes and 1.3% of all votes.

Personal life Goodrick has two sons called Tom and Rodney Goodrick.

In January 2021, whilst driving to Esperance from Perth to work on the film Before Dawn as an associate producer, Goodrick fell ill with necrotizing pancreatitis, causing him to end his trip to Esperance early. Goodrick was then flown back to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctors Service, where he was then operated on. After a few weeks, he was discharged but had to be re-admitted to hospital. He then spent part of his time at the hospital in a coma. Goodrick's condition was kept private by his family. Russel Goodrick died on 10 May 2021 after his life support was switched when he was still in a coma. He died at age 72 years old and his funeral was held on 28 May 2021.