terrific television personality. But when you saw Don doing his floor show, whether in clubs or theatres, when he had a live audience and band he really owned that stage. Don Lane knew how to work a room and gave us Las Vegas "pizazz" whenever he performed. Lane was responsible for the name of the original club entertainment awards, the "MO" Awards. Originally named the New South Wales Star Awards, the awards took on the name coined by Lane when they went national. His suggestion not only proved to be a popular name for the awards, it also honours the memory of one of Australia's greatest clowns and comics – Roy Rene, who became a legend in the entertainment industry using the stage name of "Mo" McCackie. Lane was a recipient of five Mo Awards. Lane was a patron of the Australian Club Entertainment (ACE) Awards, and was honored in 2006 when he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ACE Awards ceremony. Lane was still performing in 2005 in nightclubs all over Sydney. Lane released several recordings of his musical performances, including in 1976 the LP "You're Everything". Personal life Lane married Jayne Ambrose, a talent agent, with whom he had a son, Phillip Jacob "P.J." Isaacson. His son moved to the United States and then to Europe to further his basketball career, although he later became an entertainer in his own right using the name PJ Lane. He moved back to Sydney in 2009 after taking care of his ailing father. Although Lane and Ambrose later divorced, they remained good friends and she was his agent for the rest of his life. In 2007, Lane released his tell-all autobiography entitled Never Argue With a Mug. The book follows Lane's career and explains in details show-business scandals which he had personally experienced. In June 2008, it was announced that Lane was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and had been living in a care facility for a number of years. News of Lane's condition was saddening for the entertainment community in Australia who viewed him as a TV legend. This explained the lack of public appearances that Lane had made since his induction into the Logie Awards Hall of Fame in 2003. Logie awards National honours The Logie Awards were made in each state separately during the 1960s and early 1970s, since it was technically difficult to broadcast live