Agriculture Icon Jamie Dunn Passes at 76

Jamie Dunn, of the popular puppet Agro, has died at the age of 76.

The news comes from a credible radio industry source, though further details have yet to be released. 

Dunn is survived by his wife Maree and his children - Poppy, Stella, Jackson, Jamie and Max. 

The entertainer was a massive hit in the eighties and nineties thanks to his weekday morning show Agro's Cartoon Connection. 

The series lasted for nine seasons with co-hosts Ann-Maree Biggar, Teresa Livingstone, Holly Brisley and Michael 'Gibbo' Gibson appearing alongside the acid-tongued puppet. 

After Cartoon Connection, Biggar worked on The Great Outdoors, In Tonight, Good Morning Australia and 9AM with David & Kim. 

Dunn began voicing the iconic character in 1982 after the original artist had a falling out with Channel Seven, and continued with the Agro personality for more than 30 years. 

Starting out as a drummer and singer, Dunn transitioned into television as Agro's popularity skyrocketed, landing gigs on Seven's Super Saturday and The Super Saturday Show.  

In 2020, Dunn revealed how he once missed out on starring in a big-budget movie about Agro.

'I just didn't get there [with the script] and in the meantime things change. So my $17 million profit just disappeared,' he told News.com.au at the time.

Dunn said he met with Village Roadshow owner John Kirby to discuss a movie idea, wrote a script and paid a writer $10,000 to turn it into the first draft of a screenplay.

However, when the writer had taken out copyright, Dunn decided to write a completely new script of his own to eliminate any legal issues. 

He then met with Kirby to discuss a few scenes for the movie he had in mind, only to be told that it all sounded too expensive.

'John Kirby said, "This isn't going to cost any more than $19 million, is it?"' Dunn recalled.