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Life Summary

Name	John Andrew Olle
Born	28 December, 1947 Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	12 December, 1995 (aged 47) St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (brain)
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Albury Grammar School (NSW) (student) Geelong Grammar School junior campus (Glamorgan, Melbourne) (student) Ivanhoe Grammar School (Melbourne) (student) Mornington High School (Vic) (student, 1962-1963) Brisbane Grammar School (student, 1965-1966) University of Queensland (student, 1967-1967)
Occupation *	journalist (1967-1977) Queensland, Australia television journalist (1971-1977) Queensland, Australia television presenter (1971-1977) Queensland, Australia journalist (1977-1995) New South Wales, Australia television journalist (1977-1995) New South Wales, Australia television presenter (1977-1995) New South Wales, Australia radio journalist (1987-1995) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Andrew Olle media lecture (ABC) (eponym) Andrew Olle Memorial Trust (eponym) Andrew Olle scholarship (ABC) (eponym)
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (journalist, 1967-1981) Channel 9 TV station (presenter, 1981-1985) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (journalist, 1985-1995) 2BL radio station (Sydney) (radio presenter, 1987-1995)

* Dates are approximate