Rebecca Louise Wilson was an Australian sports journalist, radio and television broadcaster and personality, known for the comic television talk sports show The Fat, in which she appeared regularly with host Tony Squires.
21 Facts About Rebecca Wilson
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Rebecca Wilson was a panellist on numerous television programs including Beauty and the Beast, Sunrise and The Footy Show.
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Rebecca Wilson worked in both the newspaper and television industries for over 20 years and won a Kennedy Award in 2013.
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Rebecca Wilson attended the University of Queensland and began to study a Bachelor of Arts in journalism, however she was offered a four-year cadetship with the Brisbane Courier-Mail and abandoned her studies in order to take the position.
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Rebecca Wilson worked for Channel 10 Brisbane, where she reported on the Brisbane Commonwealth Games, the Seoul Olympics and rugby league.
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Rebecca Wilson worked for ABC Television as a host and reporter on the show Saturday Afternoon Sports, and was later Media Manager for Super League for four years, a role which she later described as "the most interesting time in my career".
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Rebecca Wilson continued her newspaper work with a sports column in the Sunday Telegraph and co-wrote a sports blog called Bec and Buzz with Phillip Rothfield in the Daily Telegraph.
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Rebecca Wilson leaked the names and faces of 198 individuals who were banned from entering football stadiums by the Football Federation Australia.
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Rebecca Wilson was a co-host on the Vega 95.3 breakfast show with Tony Squires and Mikey Robins.
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In early 2009, Rebecca Wilson announced that she was leaving Vega and in October it was announced that Vega would no longer continue with the breakfast show.
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Rebecca Wilson was a regular panellist on SportsNight with James Bracey on Sky News Australia.
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Rebecca Wilson's team won the Splash of the Year category.
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Rebecca Wilson was awarded 2016 Australian Sports Commission Media Award for Lifetime Achievement, and later that year, a Walkley Award for Journalistic Leadership.
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On 12 December 2021, Rebecca Wilson was posthumously inducted to the Sydney Cricket Ground Media Hall of Honour, alongside 11 others added to the inaugural 15 media personalities who were first celebrated in 2014.
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Rebecca Wilson was married to television producer Howard Sacre from 1990 to 2003, with whom she had two children.
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Rebecca Wilson was a repeat offender on driving charges including drink driving and driving without a licence.
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Rebecca Wilson died at her family home in Sydney on 7 October 2016 from breast cancer.
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Rebecca Wilson's death was announced that morning by her friend and radio broadcaster Alan Jones who subsequently wrote an obituary in The Australian.
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Rebecca Wilson's death came as a shock to many people around her because she had kept her diagnosis a secret.
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Rebecca Wilson's funeral was held at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney on 14 October 2016.
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Rebecca Wilson is survived by her husband John and two sons.