The one-time biggest name in Australian talkback radio, John Laws, has died aged 90.

A member of the Australian Media Hall of Fame, Laws attracted two million listeners to his morning radio program at the height of his popularity during a career spanning more than seven decades.

“Today marks a very difficult day for our family, with the news that our beloved father/grandfather/uncle John Laws has died peacefully at home,” his family said on Sunday.

Rich, influential and controversial, Laws was king of Australia’s airwaves for decades. Photo: AAP

Laws, who spent two weeks in hospital in October, died peacefully at his home in the inner-Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo earlier in the day, only a year after he finally hung up his microphone.

“While fame and prominence had become a mainsta

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