Douglas John Mulray was born on 1 December 1951 and lived until 30th March 2023.
Douglas John Mulray was an Australian comedian, and radio and television presenter, affectionately known as Uncle Doug.
He grew up in the Sydney Northern Beaches suburb of Dee Why.
Mulray began his career at 2AD in Armidale, after doing a broadcasting course at the Digamae (Rod Muir’s) Radio School. From there he grafted his way south, securing a spot with Central Coast station 2GO Gosford.
During the mid-1970s he worked on 3AW Melbourne with a program called “Mulray & The Man”.
In the late 1970s, he started a permanent job in Sydney with Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s alternative rock station 2JJ (later Triple J), where he built up a sizeable following. In 1982 he was poached by a new station, Triple M.
After a break from Triple M, he worked for a brief time in the PM drive time slot on 2SM with Peter FitzSimons before moving to Sydney radio station 2WS eventually leaving that station in July 1999. He never regained the ratings he enjoyed at his former station Triple M.
In 2014, industry analyst Radio Today rated his breakfast show as the third-best Australian metro FM breakfast show of all time.
What happened to Doug Mulray? How did Doug Mulray die?
Mulray’s family said he passed away on Thursday after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Lizzie and three children.