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• Matt Price dies

  November 25 2007 12:35pm (UTC+8)  -  Article by Terry

  Matt Price, a popular and respected journalist with The Australian newspaper, has died in Perth aged 45.
  
  He was diagnosed with brain tumours in September.
  
  Price worked at Channel 9 in the 1980s before moving to the national broadsheet, based in Canberra, to write colour pieces.
  
  His quirky views on sport and politics often featured on the front and back pages of the paper.
  
  He was also a frequent guest on ABC Radio and the Insiders television program.
  
  In 2003 he wrote a book on the Fremantle Dockers, a team which he passionately supported.
  
  He leaves behind his wife Sue and their three children.