Aussie music icon Molly Meldrum regarded utterly unrecognisable in a current photograph after it was revealed he’s ‘struggling’ along with his well being.
Meldrum, 81, donned an unkempt beard as he flashed a peace signal for the digital camera within the uncommon picture taken in April this 12 months.
He wore a big jacket and purple cap as he smiled and posed whereas holding an album.
Meldrum has been ‘struggling’ along with his well being and has largely withdrawn from public life, an in depth supply has revealed.
Subsequent month will mark 50 years since Countdown, the long-running ABC music present that shot Meldrum to stardom, debuted on Aussie TV screens.
Meldrum, who has been in headlines for the mistaken causes in recent times was a notable no-show at a Royal Australian Mint occasion in Melbourne on Wednesday to launch a commemorative Countdown coin.
Former Countdown announcer Gavin Wooden revealed his longtime mate has struggled along with his well being ever since his well-publicised fall off a ladder in December 2011 which just about killed him.
‘The autumn, it’s all right down to the autumn, was a horrible factor to have occurred,’ Wooden advised the Herald Sun.
Aussie music icon Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum regarded utterly unrecognisable in a current photograph amid claims he’s ‘struggling’ along with his well being
‘He’s 82 in January. He has been a public determine all his life and I believe he’s simply having fun with a quieter life.
‘He’s nonetheless Molly, nonetheless serious about music and nonetheless has it turned as much as 11. He’s nonetheless naughty, he has nonetheless acquired that spark that we love, however I believe he’s having fun with life being a traditional particular person.’
Though Meldrum didn’t attend the coin launch, he did launch a press release and snuck his well-known catchphrase every time he really useful an artist on this system.
‘I’m left with such fond reminiscences of these days and a present that can by no means be forgotten,’ Meldrum mentioned.
‘We made a distinction to the music trade in Australia and so I’m thrilled to see commemorative coin being made.
‘Do your self a favour and get one. Iconic Countdown lives on.’
Meldrum has been ‘struggling’ along with his well being and has largely withdrawn from public life, an in depth supply has revealed
Wooden mentioned that his former colleague Meldrum could be ‘happy’ to see one thing ‘as stunning and as imaginative’ because the cash commemorating the present he’s synonymous with.
Wooden, who was an announcer and occasional fill-in host for Countdown, that ran from November 8, 1974 till July 19, 1987, mentioned the present was the product of Meldrum’s enthusiasm and foresight.
This system was one thing Meldrum ‘lived, breathed, drank, consumed’ it was ‘every part’ to him, Wooden mentioned.
Meldrum has remained out of the general public limelight ever since his final controversy 18 months in the past.
Meldrum with pop celebrity Kylie Minogue on the Australian Music Vault launch in 2017
In March 2023, Meldrum made headlines for exposing himself and appearing to urinate on the floor at a Rod Stewart concert in Melbourne.
A video obtained by Every day Mail Australia confirmed him exposing his privates close to the top of the pop singer’s set at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Enviornment.
He appeared to urinate on the ground whereas trying up on the stage and sporting his trademark Stetson cowboy hat.
The alarming incident got here after a string of different weird antics by Meldrum in recent times.
In January 2023, Meldrum brought on a stir after dropping his pants throughout his previous buddy Sir Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
Throughout his closing act, the I am Nonetheless Standing hitmaker introduced Meldrum on stage for a rendition of The B**** Is Again.
Meldrum blamed a wardrobe malfunction however footage quickly resurfaced displaying him performing the identical bum-barring antics in entrance of spectators on the 2022 ChillOut Pageant in Daylesford, Victoria.