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Kevin Brennan. Fifty years dead.

Bloke rings me up a few weeks ago, says he’s Angus Fontaine and he’s writing an article for the Guardian and wants to talk about Kevin Brennan, being fifty years since he died. Bit of a memory test there but the longer we talked about Head the more came to mind.
The article was published today, here.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/28/kevin-brennan-australian-surfer-death-drugs-anniversary?CMP=share_btn_url

Header pic by Jack Eden

 

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  1. Bennison Books's avatar
    Bennison Books #

    Hi, Pete – I shared this on the Bennison Books Bluesky account. 🙂

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    December 29, 2024
  2. Mike Bennett's avatar
    Mike Bennett #

    Hi Pete, I wrote my comments about Kevin in your article “ Kevin (the head” Brennen does breakfast.” Nothing has changed on my views of him.
    it still amazes me that The Guardian would write the article on his life. There are so many “good” People/surfers that came out of Bondi.
    I would love to see an article or two maybe written by you, of the lives and whereabouts of Bondi surfers of that era. What they ended up doing for a living, do they still surf, where they live etc. It could be very interesting.
    Keep up the good work Pete

    December 30, 2024

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