Jimmy Hannan

Jimmy Hannan
Born(1937-08-25)25 August 1937
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Died7 January 2019(2019-01-07) (aged 84)
Bellingen, New South Wales Australia
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • radio personality
  • singer
  • entertainer
  • variety and game show host
Years active1956−1984
ChildrenMark Hannan, Melissa Hannan, Vanessa Hannan, Emily Gillman
AwardsGold Logie (1965)

Jimmy Hannan (25 August 1937 – 7 January 2019) was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television, he appeared regularly on variety show In Melbourne Tonight, and later hosted his own musical variety show Jimmy, later called Tonight with Jimmy Hannan.[1] Hannan hosted music show Saturday Date from 1963 until 1967, which featured such performers as Billy Thorpe and Olivia Newton-John. He won the 1965 Gold Logie award for most popular personality on Australian television.[2]

  1. ^ "0, those were the days". The Age. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Hannan: a winning smile". NFSA. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2019.