Geoff Cox

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Geoff Cox
Born (1951-03-13) 13 March 1951 (age 73)
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Career
Show Coxy's Big Break
Station(s) Seven Melbourne
Prime Victoria
Time slotSaturday 5.30 pm
CountryAustralia
Website www.coxy.com.au

Geoff Cox (born 13 March 1951) [1] is an Australian musician and media personality. He is often referred to as "Coxy".

Cox is most notable for having played drums with Brian Cadd, and with the bands Cycle, The Bootleg Family Band and Avalanche. He also filled in as drummer with the Little River Band while Derek Pellicci recovered from burns following a barbecue accident. [2] [3] He later became a light entertainment presenter on the Seven Network. In the 2000s, he hosted the travel program Coxy's Big Break . [4]

Cox has been an Australia Day Ambassador. [5] He has supported other charitable causes, including the Cabrini Institute [6] and Zoos Victoria. [7]

In 2008, Cox survived bowel cancer. [8]

One of his earliest TV performances was on Countdown, in a short documentary which led viewers through the process of making Australian Crawl's music single, "Beautiful People". [9]

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References

  1. "On This Day" (PDF). melbourneobserver.com.au. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. "Pellicci to miss much of tour". The Canberra Times. 1 June 1978. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "Little River Band - Live Shows". graehamgoble.com. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. "meet the team". coxy.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 September 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. "Moonee Valley welcomes new citizens on Australia Day". mvcc.vic.gov.au. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  6. "Cabrini Health Australia Thanks Donors". mothercabrini.com. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  7. "Our Ambassadors". zoo.org.au. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
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