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Mr Squiggle dies

Mon, 6 Dec 2010, 08:24 pm

Na5 posts in thread

Norman Hetherington died today, aged 89. He was the creator of Mr Squiggle. http://www.unima.org.au/news/2010/12/07/417-norman-hetherington-has-died

I didn't realise until I

Sat, 11 Dec 2010, 09:19 am

I didn't realise until I was reading his biography; but he was actually one of the first people to produce anything at all on Aussie TV. He was commissioned to do puppetry 9 months before anyone was televising anything in our country. Not only was he a big puppet notable, he's one of the earliest TV personalities.

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Mr Squiggle dies— Na6 Dec 2010

Mr Squiggle was one of my— Tom Camp11 Dec 2010
- I was more of a Muffin the— Walter Plinge11 Dec 2010
I didn't realise until I— Na11 Dec 2010
End of an era— Rapunzel16 Dec 2010

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