Eric Pearce (broadcaster)
| Sir Eric Pearce | |
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| Birth name | Eric Herbert Pearce |
| Born |
5 March 1905 Hampshire, England |
| Died | 12 April 1997 (aged 92) Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Show | News |
| Station(s) | HSV Channel 7 |
| Time slot | 6:00 pm |
| Show | News |
| Station(s) | GTV Channel 9 |
| Time slot | 6:00 pm |
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Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE (5 March 1905 – 12 April 1997) was a broadcaster and television pioneer in Australia. Pearce was born in Hampshire, England, and had an early career in radio on the BBC before migrating to Australia, where he was a long-term newsreader on Melbourne TV stations HSV Channel 7 (1956–65) and GTV Channel 9 (late 1950s–74, 1976–78). Pearce was married three times: Ella Mary (fl. 1933); Jean Mary Macartney (1909–1956); and Betty (died c. 1987). Pearce's catchphrase sign-off of his news reports, "God bless you, and you", was for viewers and his third wife. Pearce was a devout Anglican.
Eric Herbert Pearce was born on 5 March 1905 and grew up in Hampshire, England. He was the elder son of H. C. Pearce of Ryde, Isle of Wight. He completed his studies at London University. Pearce worked for an insurance company and was transferred to Canada. On 11 April 1933 Pearce married Ella Mary, a sales woman, in Winnipeg and the couple had a son, Royston Gyles Pearce, that same year. Pearce returned to England in 1937. He started his radio career and had worked for the BBC – his first time on air had been on a talent quest singing, "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day".
Pearce moved to Australia in 1938. In September 1939 in Sydney, Pearce was engaged to Jean Mary Macartney (1909–1956), and married later that year. By 1942 they were living in Melbourne. During World War 2, on 17 January 1942, Pearce enrolled in the Royal Australian Air Force and was discharged as a Flying Officer on 29 December that year. In 1956 Jean Mary Pearce died in Sydney, aged 47.
In 1962 Pearce compiled a book, Thoughts for Everyday Living: Philosophies and Poetry, for the 75th Year Jubilee Building Appeal of the Queen Victoria Hospital. He had selected various poems, quotations and maxims. By 1963 Pearce had married a third time, to Betty and he had a step-daughter, Suzanne Constance Pearce. His third wife died in 1987. Sir Eric Pearce died on 12 April 1997, aged 92, in a Malvern nursing home. He had been a devout Anglican, regularly attending St John's in Toorak.
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