Vale Glenn Wheatley

The musician turned manager was one of the most significant figures in the Australian music industry in the last 50 years.

Glenn Wheatley, whose long career in artist management and development saw him championing the likes of John Farnham and Delta Goodrem, has died from complications caused by COVID-19. He was 74.

Born in Brisbane in 1948, Wheatley’s career saw early success as the bassist in the band Masters’ Apprentices, playing with them from 1968 to 1972 and performing on some of their biggest hits, including 1971’s ‘Because I Love You’.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts