FED:Reporter Les Kennedy has died =5

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-2011
FED:Reporter Les Kennedy has died =5

His mother, Merle Kennedy, said her son was surrounded by his family on Wednesday morning.

"We were all with him and we had some music playing for him and he was comfortable,"

Mrs Kennedy told AAP.

"He was a gentle person, a nice person.

"He had a very quick decline since we arrived (from Darwin) on Sunday."

Kennedy was born in Darwin, where he spent his early childhood before the family moved to Sydney.

Growing up, Mrs Kennedy said her son and his twin brother were protective of her mum
and their three sisters because their serviceman father was often away.

"We have wonderful memories of our son," she said.

Mrs Kennedy said she did not know that her son was so well loved and admired in the
Sydney media industry.

"We would like to express our deepest thanks to his many friends within the journalism
area. He has many, I didn't know that," she said.

His family will hold a service for him in Darwin.

Kennedy had four children.

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