Richard Neville

Richard Clive Neville was born in Sydney, Australia on December 15, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of New South Wales, where he edited the student newspaper. In 1963, he founded the satirical countercultural magazine Oz with Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp. Oz ceased publication in November 1973. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Playpower and Hippie Hippie Shake. He also collaborated with Julie Clarke, a television reporter, on The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj. Neville was a commentator on television programs in Australia in the 1980s and founded the Australian Futures Foundation in 1997. He died from complications of dementia on September 4, 2016 at the age of 74.