Veteran Australian TV star and singer Tony Healey died on Wednesday at a Gold Coast hospital, following a long illness.

Australian TV personality Tony Healey has died. Healey, who was in his 70s when he passed, was one of the original performers ...

where he starred alongside Molly Meldrum and Denise Drysdale. The media figure had been battling illness for some time, according to the Daily Mail. Healey (left) with former co-star, Molly Meldrum.

His death was confirmed by family friend Ash Long in a Facebook post on Wednesday. "Vale Tony Healey. Oh, what fun we have had over the years," Long wrote.