million. Health issues In July 2008, Jones underwent surgery for prostate cancer. In December 2008, he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumour. Jones had back surgery and neck operations in November 2016 which caused him to be off-air for four months. In November 2018, Jones was hospitalised for severe back pain and again was off-air. He underwent back surgery again in November 2022. Jonestown Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones (Allen & Unwin) is an unauthorised biography of Jones by Australian journalist Chris Masters. Masters began Jonestown in 2002 after profiling Jones for an episode of the current affairs program Four Corners. The book won the Australian Book Industry Awards, Australian Biography of the Year 2007. It reported on Jones' term as Senior English Master at The King's School, Parramatta and an incident in London in 1988 for which charges were ultimately dropped. References External links Radio station 2GB – see link and then biography 1941 births Living people Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Australia national rugby union team coaches Australian agnostics Australian male stage actors Australian monarchists Australian rugby league administrators Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby union coaches Australian schoolteachers Australian talk radio hosts Balmain Tigers coaches Conservative talk radio people Former 2GB presenters Officers of the Order of Australia People educated at Toowoomba Grammar School People from Queensland People involved in plagiarism controversies Radio in Sydney Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Recipients of the Centenary Medal Sky News Australia reporters and presenters Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees University of Queensland alumni