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BILL LEAK DIES

I'm devastated: brilliant cartoonist Bill Leak died today of a heart attack.  What a huge, huge loss, and not only for his wife Goong. But I am also angry. Leak was hounded and stressed to the end by stupidly vindictive legal action over his cartooning. He spoke passionately about this witch hunt  on my show just two days ago.

Bill Leak
Bill Leak

I'm devastated: brilliant cartoonist Bill Leak died today of a heart attack. He was just 61. What a huge, huge loss, and not only for his wife  Goong, his stepdaughter Tasha and his sons Johannes and Jasper.

 

 But I am also so angry.  Leak was first hounded out of his home and city by an Islamic State plot to kill him. He was then hounded and stressed to the very end by stupidly vindictive legal action through the Human Rights Commission over his cartooning. Just two days ago I asked him about this on my show.

Cartoonist Bill Leak questions the agenda of the Human Rights Commission after speaking at the launch of his new book 'Trigger Warning'.

Posted by The Bolt Report on Wednesday, March 8, 2017

I will have a special Bolt Report on Sky News tonight with Rowan Dean and Tim Blair, two of Bill Leak's great friends.

Originally published as BILL LEAK DIES

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