Ben Hills

Q: When did Ben Hills die?

Ben Hills died on June 10, 2018.

Q: How old was Ben Hills when they died?

Ben Hills was 76 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Ben Hills's cause of death?

The cause of death of Ben Hills was cancer.

Ben Hills (1942 – 10 June 2018) was an Australian freelance journalist and author.

Early life and career

Hills was born in Grassington, England and migrated with his family to Australia in 1959. He worked on various regional newspapers before being hired as an investigative reporter by The Age in Melbourne in 1969. He worked for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a London-based foreign correspondent in the mid-1970s then as a Hong-Kong based publisher during the 1980s. Returning to Melbourne, Hills became assistant editor of The Age. He spent four years as a producer for 60 Minutes. In 1991 he received the Walkley Award for investigative reporting. Hills became the Fairfax Japan correspondent from 1992 to 1995 and then lived in Sydney. He wrote six books, and after leaving Fairfax worked as a freelancer for SBS TV and other media outlets.

Hills died from cancer in Sydney on 10 June 2018.