Career
He was best known for providing reports on 5DN radio from his own burning home during the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983. Nicoll"s resume in journalism included stints at The News, in Melbourne radio and American Broadcasting Company radio in Adelaide, Australia. He worked as a television reporter for Channel 7 during the last five years of his life.
Murray Nicoll died at his home of leukemia on 2 May 2010, at the age of 66.
He was the Uncle of Chris Nicoll, current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network in the United Kingdom.