Australian shock jock Stan Zemanek, 60
Posted: Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 10:47 pmWhether as a television beast or a radio shock-jock, Stan Zemanek was a professional stirrer.
The Sydney broadcaster, who died today aged 60 of a brain tumour, wore political incorrectness like a badge of honour and bragged about being radio’s most complained-about personality.
He described some of his talkback callers as “numb nuts”, “half-wits” and “left-wing loonies”, told others to “give yourself an uppercut” and asked those who sounded slow if they were smoking “wacky-tobaccy”. …
Zemanek’s red-neck style was not everyone’s cup of tea, least of all Melburnians and even some of his fellow broadcasters. …
His official website describes him as “the broadcaster people love to hate”. … Read full obituary
