Graham Kennedy

Graham Cyril Kennedy AO was an Australian entertainer and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He was often called Gra Gra . Honoured as an Officer of the Order of Australia and a six time recipient of the Gold Logie, including the Logie Hall of Fame award, as well as having won the Star of the Year Award in 1959, generally thought of as a forerunner to the Logies. He is the most awarded star of Australian television. He was often referred to as The King or the King of Australian television.

Kennedy was born in Camden Street, Balaclava to Cyril William Kennedy and Mary Austen Kennedy . Kennedys mother, who wasyears old at the time of his birth, was employed at a local picture theatre. His father worked variously as an engineer and handyman, mowed lawns and washed cars. In 1939 he joined the RAAF as an air gunner. Kennedys first home was a small, crowded duplex atNelson Street, Balaclava. A 20160cm diameter plaque was placed on the property by the City of Port Phillip, coincidentally in the week of Kennedys death.

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