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Speaker 1: Sitsy and with her with Kate Ritchie podcast.

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Speaker 2: We had a team lunch on Friday and unfortunately got

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Speaker 2: the shocking news that a good friend of the show,

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Speaker 2: Johnny Raffae, had passed away seven years ago.

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Speaker 3: He got that diagnosis of brain cancer and did very well.

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Speaker 3: I think he was sort of I think he was

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Speaker 3: told that it only sort of had three.

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Speaker 1: Years to live.

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Speaker 3: It was really confronting.

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Speaker 1: I remember seeing, you know, seven years ago when he

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Speaker 1: put that image on Instagram for the first time, and

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Speaker 1: it was a shot of his head stapled back together

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Speaker 1: after emergency, an emergency operation, and I think what happened

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Speaker 1: was that he had a terrible headache. He couldn't get

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Speaker 1: rid of it tarany. His girlfriend was at home with him,

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Speaker 1: and basically, if she hadn't called the ambulance that night,

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Speaker 1: then Johnny wouldn't have had the seven years that he did,

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Speaker 1: you know, left on this earth. It's really confronting. But

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Speaker 1: I remember when he came in the first time and

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Speaker 1: we spoke about it. He said, you know, mate, I'm okay.

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Speaker 1: And his mum was here with him. She came in

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Speaker 1: as well, and he said, he said, I'm okay. It's

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Speaker 1: mum who's worried. You know, Mum's the one panicking. I said,

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Speaker 1: I can imagine as a parent.

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Speaker 3: You can imagine what she's going through.

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Speaker 1: And by his side the entire time. Tany What a

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Speaker 1: beautiful girl, What a great relationship. And he's a mad

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Speaker 1: bombers man. So I would see him at the footy

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Speaker 1: all the time and we'd talk footy. But I remember

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Speaker 1: having a really special day with him when I did

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Speaker 1: a Hello Fresh commercial with Lynn McGranger and Johnny Ruff

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Speaker 1: and Johnny, which was awesome Johnny. The idea was I

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Speaker 1: was in the kitchen with Lynn and then Johnny had

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Speaker 1: to entertain the kids. So Ted and Jack are just

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Speaker 1: wrestling him to the ground in the living room. They're

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Speaker 1: throwing around pillows and fighting on the couch and it

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Speaker 1: was just a great moment, which I look back on

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Speaker 1: last night actually because I was on Instagram. We'll have

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Speaker 1: to get that up again. But what I like about Johnny,

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Speaker 1: and what I think was such an appealing characteristic of

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Speaker 1: Johnny was he was very brave, not only in his

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Speaker 1: fight but in his endeavors in his career. He took

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Speaker 1: on anything. Yeah, and you know, he had a great

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Speaker 1: little ego. He was cheeky. He was cheeky and adventurous.

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Speaker 1: I remember I only worked with him when I went

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Speaker 1: back to Home in a way as a guest in

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Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, and having been there before and then coming back,

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Speaker 1: I thought, Who's who's.

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Speaker 3: This cheeky kid? But it wasn't. He wasn't a wanker

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Speaker 3: about it. That's the thing. Like he could make anyone

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Speaker 3: in the room smile.

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Speaker 2: And you know, if you hadn't met him for the

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Speaker 2: first time and know a lot of people would have gone, well,

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Speaker 2: this kid's a bit full on, but.

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Speaker 3: He really knew warmed to him really, really quickly, very likeable.

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Speaker 3: This is the last time that we had a chat

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Speaker 3: to Johnny, and this is what he had to say.

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Speaker 4: When people say do everything you can, all you can

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Speaker 4: do is follow the doctor's orders. Horse you know, you

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Speaker 4: do your chemo, your medication and everything else you can.

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Speaker 1: Johnny, can I ask are you Are you angry?

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Speaker 4: There's so many emotions that I feel about. I'm angry,

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Speaker 4: I'm sad. There's so many feelings that are just balled up.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes you don't know what to feel. But there are

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Speaker 4: still days where I'm happy. Like Tanny and I, we

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Speaker 4: find the goodness and the joy in every little moment

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Speaker 4: that we can. The best advice I could give is

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Speaker 4: to surround yourself with an incredible support network is the

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Speaker 4: first thing you need to do. And for me, initially,

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Speaker 4: that's Tany She's number one for me. She has been

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Speaker 4: the rock at the center of my universe, Like she's

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Speaker 4: the sun, and I'm like Pluto, which is not even

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Speaker 4: a planet anymore.

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Speaker 3: You're not that. But see, you know, he's a beautiful

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Speaker 3: little thing for you.

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Speaker 1: Though.

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Speaker 2: Johnny rocks up this morning, he goes, I've got I've

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Speaker 2: got an Uncle Toby's musallybar in my pocket.

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Speaker 3: Is what the hell is this doing here? That's your

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Speaker 3: breakfast for this morning.

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Speaker 2: That's your beautiful wife giving you breaks first because you

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Speaker 2: haven't eaten this morning.

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Speaker 3: Have you.

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Speaker 4: No, She's supposed to eat when you have your medication, right,

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Speaker 4: and she gave me the Uncle Toby's. But she's like, babe,

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Speaker 4: just make sure you eat it before you go on there.

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Speaker 4: She's oh man, she knows so very much about EVERYTHU.

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Speaker 4: Without her, I would be screwed.

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Speaker 1: He's a superstar, beautiful, beautifully spoken. Johnny and I love

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Speaker 1: hearing the love for Tarani and We think of Tanny

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Speaker 1: and Johnny's family at this moment with his passing on Friday,

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Speaker 1: but we thank him for the great times.

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Speaker 2: He will definitely be making a dend up in heaven,

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Speaker 2: that's for sure, making his presence as we speak on.

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Speaker 1: The microphone, not afraid of it was he He's a

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Speaker 1: good man.

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Speaker 2: Johnny Disy and Weaper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast.

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Speaker 3: For more great comedy shows like this, head to novapodcast

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Speaker 3: dot com. Jod are you