Peter Sellers, New Zealand sports broadcaster, Died at 94

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Peter Heayne Joseph Sellers was born in the Wellington suburb of Lyall Bay and died on April 22, 2016.

He was a New Zealand sports broadcaster.

He received was educated at Rongotai College.

Peter started working for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (which later became the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation) in Wellington in 1952, and moved to Dunedin in 1958.

The broadcaster became one of the country’s leading sports broadcasters, retiring in 1987.

Peter was best known as a radio broadcaster, Sellers also presented a television sports show from the early 1960s until 1975.

During the 1994 New Year Honours Sellers was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for public servicesHe died in Dunedin.

Peter Heayne Joseph Sellers passed away at 94 yrs old.