Ewen Gilmour
David Ewen Gilmour[1](22 January 1963 – 3 October 2014), commonly known asEwen Gilmour,was a New Zealandcomedianandtelevision presenter.Usually sporting long brown hair with a goatee and wearing a jacket and jeans, he was a self-describedWestie.
Comedy and television career
[edit]Gilmour began his comedy career in 1995,[2]and shared the firstBilly T AwardwithCal Wilsonin 1997.[3]He won the Decade Award – Best Male Comedian – 2000 to 2010 at the 2010 NZ Comedy Guild Awards.[3]In 2012, he returned to theNew Zealand International Comedy Festival"for the first time in a couple of years" with a one-hour show called "S'Truth".[4]
He made numerous appearances onNew Zealand television,includingPulp Comedy(1995),Intrepid Journeys– Peru (2003),Celebrity Treasure Island(2003),Dancing with the Starsseries one (2005), andComedy Christmas Cracker(2010).[2]He was the host of theTV3showRoad Madness,mainly about dangerous driving on New Zealand roads, which first aired in 2012.[5]
Personal life
[edit]His wife Catherine Gilmour died on 19 February 2011 at age 36 after a long battle with cancer.[6]Ewen Gilmour resigned from his position atWaitakere City Councilin August 2007, after his wife's brain tumor was removed in 2006, so he could care for her.[7]
He was also a marriage and civil union celebrant.[8]
Gilmour died in his sleep atPort Waikatoon 3 October 2014, aged 51.[9][10]
See also
[edit]References
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In each story there is an element of truth. Warning: This show contains content of a purely bullshit nature.
- ^"Road Madness - TV3 page".Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2017.Retrieved28 June2012.
- ^Neeraj Shahane (22 February 2011)."Wife of Ewen Gilmour Died Of Cancer".Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2016.Retrieved28 June2012.
- ^"Wife of comedian Ewen Gilmour loses cancer battle".The New Zealand Herald.21 February 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 6 October 2014.Retrieved28 June2012.
- ^"ewengilmour /weddings/".Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2014.Retrieved28 June2012.
- ^"Kiwi comedian Ewen Gilmour dies unexpectedly".TVNZ.Archivedfrom the original on 12 October 2023.Retrieved3 October2014.
- ^"David Ewen Gilmour obituary".New Zealand Herald.6 October 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 8 October 2014.Retrieved6 October2014.