Lance Curtis was a popular Australia

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n actor, writer and comedian who became well known in Australia in the early 1980s through his many radio, TV and film appearances. He was best known for his work on Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

's Off The Record

Off the Record

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and The J-Team with comedians Angela Webber

Angela Webber

Angela Webber was an Australian author, TV writer, producer and comedian.-Early life:Webber was born in 1954 to Bruce Webber, the head of light entertainment for ABC radio, and Nan, a journalist...

 and Adam Bowen and presenters Jonathan Coleman, Ian Rogerson and Rusty Nails, and for his comic partnership with satirist Geoff Kelso, which included their collaboration on Triple-J's Doctor Who

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sendup Doctor Poo

Doctor Poo (radio series)

Dr Poo was a radio serial which aired on 2JJ, which was later Triple J, in Sydney, Australia. Over 400 episodes were broadcast in a continuous run from June 1979 to January 1981. It aired as a two-minute segment of Doug Mulray's morning show, at around 7:20 and 8:20 weekdays...

, which ran from 1979-81 (not to be confused with the 1996 Viz

Viz (comic)

Viz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979.The comic's style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines...

 comic strip of the same name).

In the early 1980s, Curtis also appeared as the title character in the regular segment Wayne at Work which featured in the Donnie Sutherland-hosted music programme Sounds

Sounds (TV show)

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One of Curtis' final screen performances was a minor role as a nosy neighbour in the 1985 movie Rebel, which starred Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

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 and Debra Byrne

Debra Byrne

-Career:Byrne made her television debut on Brian and the Juniors, an early predecessor of Young Talent Time, which was hosted by a young Brian Naylor. She stayed with the show for 12 months. In 1971 she was cast as one of the original six Young Talent Time cast members...

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Lance Curtis died in June 1985 as the result of an accidental fall from a balcony in Sydney, whilst hosting a party at his own residence.