Tim McNamara
Australian musician
About Tim McNamara
Lived 1922 – 1983 (aged 60–61). Tim McNamara was an Australian.
Timothy Edmund McNamara (10 October 1922 – 16 April 1983) was an Australian country music performer, radio presenter and talent scout.
Born in Lucknow, New South Wales, near Orange, McNamara was the youngest of eleven children. He found work as a boundary rider at the age of 12 on a sheep station.
At the 1981 Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, McNamara was named as the sixth person to be elected onto the Australian Roll of Renown.
A wax sculpture of McNamara is situated in the Gallery of Stars Wax Museum at the Big Golden Guitar Tourist Centre in Tamworth, which was opened by Slim Dusty in 1988.
In 2002, McNamara was posthumously added to the Australian Country Music Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Death McNamara died from cancer in Sydney on 16 April 1983.
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Who was Tim McNamara?
Australian musician (1922–1983)
When was Tim McNamara born?
Tim McNamara was born in 1922.
When did Tim McNamara die?
Tim McNamara died in 1983.
What nationality was Tim McNamara?
Tim McNamara was Australian.
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