Aussie media legend Clive Robertson dead aged 78

Tributes have begun to flow for the Aussie broadcast legend who’s been described as a “trailblazer” and a “one-off”.

Australian broadcast “trailblazer” Clive Robertson has died at the age of 78.

Robertson, who worked at the ABC in the 70s before moving to Seven in the 1980s, died from cancer last week.

Clive Robertson has died aged 78. Picture: Supplied.

He died from cancer. Picture: ABC

Aussie radio broadcaster Margaret Throsby called Robertson a “brilliant broadcaster” in a tribute posted to X on Thursday.

“Very very sad to learn of the death of my old partner in crime Clive Robertson,” Throsby wrote.

“Eccentric, one-off, brilliant broadcaster, tease, unreconstructed, his Breakfast show on 702 Sydney was essential listening. RIP.”

Robertson was described as a ‘brilliant broadcaster’. Picture: Supplied

Media commentator Jason Morrison described Robertson as “one of (his) greatest mates”.

“He was a deeply private person and didn’t want any fuss about his death,” Morrison said.

“He was funny, brilliant and remarkable.

“He was as everyone remembers him, right up to the end.”

He began his career in the 1970s. Picture: Supplied

Robertson, who married Penny Cook from Seven’s A Country Practice, was known for hosting Newsworld and Beauty and the Beast.

He was remembered as an “interesting presenter” by 6PR’s Peter Ford on Thursday.

“He was very good and, of course, probably doing late-night news where he’d go off script and make funny and acerbic remarks about the people, and that had never been done before,” Ford said.

“I mean, Graham Kennedy did it later on Nine, but even today, we don’t really have people doing that, and that gave him like this incredible cult following.”

Robertson had been battling cancer for the last couple years, Ford also revealed.