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Blake Murdoch, Beloved Entertainment Trade Journalist, Dead at 58

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMuch-admired Australian entertainment journalist, and decade-long correspondent for Variety, Blake Murdoch has died.

He was 58.Murdoch had suffered a period of recurring illness and died this week at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, the same establishment in which he had been born.Having studied print journalism at Charles Stuart University, he soon became Australian and Australasian bureau chief for Variety, between 1984 and 1993.

He then switched sides and moved over to The Hollywood Reporter, where he was Asian Pacific bureau chief between 1998-2004. That time included a stint based in Los Angeles, which made him homesick for Sydney and his son Tom.Later, other media roles included policy officer.

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