Harry Potter (20 July 1941 – 8 May 2014) was an Australian

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, television reporter and

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. A veteran police and crime reporter whose career spanned more than fifty years, Potter first joined ''

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'', a nightly news show on Network Ten, in 1978. In 2013, Harry Potter became the first recipient of the Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award. Potter won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013

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. Potter was diagnosed with cancer in the early 2000s. He died from cancer on 8 May 2014, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife, journalist Katrina Lee, and four children – Tim, Nick, Elisa and Jack. Hamish McLean, the CEO of

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(the parent company of Network Ten), called Potter "a giant of Australian

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." According to Ten Eyewitness News presenter

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, a "journalist of the year" award, named in honour of Potter, would continue to be awarded in his memory.

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