Retirement seems to be the buzz word this week.
Michael Klim, at 30, has decided to hang up the togs, he is going to concentrate on his swim school and he regrets that he did not win an individual gold medal.
John Laws yesterday announced his retirement in November 2007 after 55 years on radio - I cannot imagine doing the one job for 55 years!!!He is going to write and travel- lets hope he has invested his $14million a year pay packet well. For more info check here.
Michael Parkinson, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1935, is set to retire after his last show which will be run this Autumn in the UK. He plans to write his biography and continue to host a Sunday lunchtime radio show. Saturday nights will not be the same without him.
Here is a potted history of him. Parky has been married to the same woman, Mary Henegan since 1959!
Happy retirement guys!
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Here are the musings of Mondo Viagitore on current events, and the everyday happenings of family life in Monash ACT, Australia. The main purpose of this blog is to enable family and friends to follow the antics of the children, travel and activities of the adults and how much time MV wastes on the internet!
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