In 2005 , Astbury revealed he was HIV positive , although medical tests showed he was a rare long-term nonprogressor ( or " elite controller " ) , whose body can suppress the virus for a long period without antiretroviral drugs . In 2006 , celebrity agent Anthony Zammit published '' King and I : My Life With Graham Kennedy '' , a biography that detailed Astbury 's relationship with entertainer Graham Kennedy . After retiring from television , Astbury worked as a real estate agent at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast , Queensland between 1995 and 2000 . For the next decade he ran a property development company in Thailand . During the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami while Astbury was holidaying in Phuket , he reported on the devastation for the political website '' Crikey '' . Returning to the Gold Coast in 2010 , Astbury worked with the Ray White Real Estate agency in Broadbeach . On 9 November 2017 , a colleague found him dead in his home after he did not turn up to work and could not be contacted
2004 Boxing Day tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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