Tasmania mourns arts advocate Jeremy Ball

A passionate supporter of the arts, Launceston’s Deputy Mayor died in a car accident on Monday.

19 Sep 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: Launceston City Council

Jeremy Ball, an actor and NIDA graduate who went on to become Deputy Mayor of Launceston, Tasmania, died in a car crash on the Bass Highway on Monday.

A passionate supporter of the arts, Ball is remembered as compassionate, energetic, and enthusiastic. Aged just 45, he is survived by his wife Karina and their two young children, Griffin and Jasper.

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts