 Meade also played roles in comedy feature films "Les Patterson Saves the World" (1987) and "The Return of Captain Invincible" (1983), and in television miniseries "Poor Man's Orange" (1987).Meade died on 23 January 2002 at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital after a short battle with cancer, aged 77.He is survived by his daughter Amanda Meade a journalist at Guardian Australia.