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14 Facts About Bruce Mansfield

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Bruce Mansfield then joined 3KZ in 1962 as a panel operator and late night announcer.

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Bruce Mansfield was known for his portrayal of the Chinese Superman on Channel 9's Cartoon Corner.

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Bruce Mansfield went on to become a voice-over announcer at ATV and a participant on game shows such as Personality Squares.

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Bruce Mansfield was the announcer for Channel Ten's long-running dating show Perfect Match Australia.

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Bruce Mansfield co-hosted the breakfast program on 3AW as the alter-ego "Uncle Roy".

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Bruce Mansfield continued in the role at 3AW with Darren James until the station changed from "Personality Radio" to "Thinking Person's Radio" and the pair were dropped.

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Bruce Mansfield then became presenter of the drive-time program on community radio station 3INR-FM, broadcasting from the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.

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In 1990, Bruce Mansfield joined another TV veteran, Philip Brady, to present the Sunday night nostalgia program Remember When on 3AW.

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Later in the 1990s, Bruce Mansfield made a return to television introducing late night movies and hosting an infomercial program, Bruce Mansfield's Melbourne, on Channel 31 in Melbourne.

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In 1999, Bruce Mansfield was sacked from 3AW over allegations that he gave on-air interviews in exchange for free goods and services, in a later development in the cash-for-comment investigations conducted by the then Australian Broadcasting Authority.

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Bruce Mansfield went on to present an afternoon program, Mansfield's Melbourne, on 3AK in 2000, before returning to his former role as Nightline and Remember When co-host on 3AW in 2001.

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Bruce Mansfield featured as a contributor on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia, presenting a segment called "Collectables", a nostalgia-related segment.

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In March 2013, Bruce Mansfield agreed to become an ambassador for the Northern Health Foundation, with a focus on the foundation's bequest program.

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On 17 April 2016,3AW announced that Bruce Mansfield had died that morning from prostate cancer.