John Cornell, better known as Paul Hogan's sidekick Strop and producer of Crocodile Dundee, has died
Save Share John Cornell, a journalist who struck fame as Paul Hoganâs mumbling TV sidekick âStropâ and went on to produce the Crocodile Dundee movie franchise, has died after a 20-year battle with Parkinsonâs disease. He was 80. An almost accidental TV star, Cornell was also influential off-camera, becoming a key confidant of Kerry Packer during the World Series Cricket revolution and becoming Hoganâs right-hand man during Dundeeâs worldwide success . He died at his home in Byron Bay, on the NSW North Coast, with his wife, Delvene Delaney, and eldest daughter b...
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