Healey, who was in his 70s when he passed, was one of the original performers on Channel 10’s variety show Kommotion in the mid-1960s, where he starred alongside Molly Meldrum and Denise Drysdale.

His death was confirmed by family friend Ash Long in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Tony Healey and Molly Meldrum. Picture: NCA "Vale Tony Healey. Oh, what fun we have had over the years," Long wrote.