He was still active as a performer and teacher when he sustained fatal injuries in a car accident, and died at Mona Vale Hospital on 18 October 1965.
The by-election was won by an independent (the mayor of Pittwater Council, Alex McTaggart) campaigning on the Save Mona Vale Hospital platform.
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