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Renowned Australian music manager Glenn Wheatley has died

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COVID.Wheatley, who managed some of Australia’s best-selling acts including John Farnham and Delta Goodrem, died yesterday (February 1) in Melbourne.The Guardian writes that Wheatley had reportedly been seriously ill for weeks and was hospitalised after contracting COVID.

Several outlets have said that Wheatley died of complications from the disease, although his cause of death hasn’t been confirmed.The Queensland-born Wheatley was bassist for the Masters Apprentices in the ’60s, playing on the hits ‘Turn Up Your Radio’ and ‘Because I Love You’.In 1975 he founded the Wheatley Organisation and became manager of Little River Band.

Farhham was lead singer with Little River Band in the early-mid ’80s.Wheatley famously mortgaged his house to bankroll Farnham’s 1986 comeback album ‘Whispering Jack’, which topped the charts for 25 weeks and became one of the biggest selling albums in Australia.Farnham said in tribute to Wheatley: “There are no words, our hearts are broken.

Our love and thoughts to all who loved Glenn, especially his family…he was one of a kind, special to so many.”Devastating news… there are no words, our hearts are broken..

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