How the Sunday Telegraph doorstepped Bob Hawke’s deathbed

Dr Mumbo salutes The Sunday Telegraph’s showbiz columnist Annette Sharp for her bravery, if nothing else.

It’s not every journalist who would choose to tell the story of gatecrashing Bob Hawke’s deathbed, even if there were (some) extenuating circumstances.

Hawke remained accessible to the end, says Sharp

Sharp cheerfully dedicates today’s column to telling how the former prime minister passed away while, uninvited, she was inside his house and “just a few paces” away.

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