00:00Good evening, Richard Moorcroft with ABC News.
00:03Veteran TV presenter Richard Moorcroft has died at the age of 70.
00:08Moorcroft hosted the 7pm Bulletin on ABC New South Wales from 1983 to 2002.
00:16He'd also been a familiar face on the ABC's children's program Behind the News
00:21and as the host of Letters and Numbers on SBS.
00:25Hello and welcome to the first episode of Letters and Numbers, a quiz show…
00:31Moorcroft had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in 2026 and chose to end his life on October 6,
00:37with his partner of 36 years, Alison Mackay, by his side.
00:42Well, some memories there. And that, as I first said a long time ago, is the news to this minute.
00:54You know, I've been looking for this.
00:57I don't know. I'm going to get the news to this one.
00:59Well, let me hear you.
00:59I've got to go.
