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‘Father of the Fringe’ leaves $500,000 legacy

Three generous bequests amounting to half a million dollars over the next decade will build on the legacy of the late Frank Ford AM.
17 Oct 2018 12:00
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Adelaide’s arts community has three more reasons to admire the late Frank Ford AM, with the announcement this week that the late arts identity has left provisions for three significant bequests in his will.

Ford, the founding father of Adelaide Cabaret Festival and inaugural Chair of Adelaide Fringe, died last month aged 83.

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