legs was amputated below the knee in May 2021. He died in Prahran, Victoria on 30 October 2021, aged 83. He is interred at the Cedars section of the Springvale Botanical Cemetary Melbourne. Further reading References External links , 12 October 2003, The Bulletin'' Back to Bert, The Age, May 30 2002 Bert Newton and the history of Australian TV, ABC Revenge of the second banana, Sydney Morning Herald, July 12, 2004 AM award 1938 births 2021 deaths Television personalities from Melbourne Gold Logie winners Australian game show hosts Australian radio personalities Australian male stage actors Australian male film actors Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal Australian Roman Catholics Radio personalities from Melbourne Australian amputees People from Fitzroy, Victoria