John Blades, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Blades

Australian musician and radio presenter

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1959

Date of Death: 25-Nov-2011

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Thomas Blades (8 December 1959 – 25 November 2011) was an Australian experimental music artist and member of The Loop Orchestra; he also worked as a radio broadcaster and documentary maker, and as a civil engineer.
In 1982 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair from 1993.
In 2010, his radio documentary, The Too Hard Basket, won the Walkley Award for 'Social Equity Journalism – All Media', and the 'Radio Documentary of the Year Award' from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.
Blades died on 25 November 2011 after complications from cancer therapy.