'I’m still coming to terms with what I’ve been through … I cry every day'

On a steamy morning in an inner Melbourne street, I knock on a small square door, which appears to be the only entrance to this converted warehouse. It swings open and a stooped Red Symons appears. I bend down and enter what is effectively his brave new world. This is Symons' new digs, a property he bought 30 years ago as an investment, moved into in 2017 and is now considering renovating.

The reasons are multiple and cumulative, reflecting a brutal few years that began in 2016, when Symons and Elly split up after 25 years of marriage. The following July, he fainted while shopping, hitting his head and ending up in a coma and in hospital for three weeks. Then in late 2017, ABC Radio told him that, after 15 years and despite good ratings, his contract to present Melbourne's breakfast program wouldn't be renewed.

"I did ask him the unaskable question … 'How do you feel about dying?' He said, 'I don't worry about death. It's been part of my life.' There's a fundamental truth there, that if you're confronted on a regular basis with the possibility of your death, you do come to terms with it.

Samuel's bedroom had shared a wall with a power substation. What Symons and Elly were then told about the effects of this electromagnetic radiation made them move house immediately. "You cannot prove, there is no study that will show that that causes cancer and I don't know that I believe that it causes cancer, but we moved the next day because we could," Symons told the ABC's.

Symons' friends gathered around him, chief among them ABC presenter Jon Faine, and musician Wilbur Wilde. "Jon and Wilbur have been intimate friends of mine for decades," Symons says. "Although I don't expect them to solve my problems – only I can do that – I value the fact that they care and show support."

"As soon as I finished work that day, I went round to his place," Faine tells me. "Wilbur was there. Red was inconsolable, actually. Wilbur was magnificent. What can you do? Between us we tried to hug and cradle him, make sure he was able to somehow come to terms with what had happened."

GoodWeekendMag “Lost his marriage “ seems to be in this case euphemism for having an affair . Biased journalism?

GoodWeekendMag There is always God . You never lose that . In a secular world that doesn't care , get yourself Red down to the Church . After what the church has recently been through , only the strong are there & strong people can help you .

GoodWeekendMag It's still a Horror Movie shocking me right out of my brain.

GoodWeekendMag Loved this, the perfect Sunday morning read. I miss Red on 774 so very much - he always seemed to say what I was thinking.

GoodWeekendMag Sad story

GoodWeekendMag We ended up getting to know each other and we deconstructed our lives.' Meaning? 'We both separated from our partners.'.... does that mean he had an affair?

GoodWeekendMag I found the article over long, cosily familiar and trying to elicit pity- and no women who know him quoted in the story, whats with that?

GoodWeekendMag Strange order. He lost his son, his job, and his marriage, makes more sense.

GoodWeekendMag Personally I only feel sad for Red losing his son, terrible thing for a parent.....Reds had a pretty blessed life overall.....I don't know why he has called for the violins, when real people out their have every day life battles on their hands physically and financially.

GoodWeekendMag Get well soon we miss you Red

GoodWeekendMag Lovely piece Go well Red we miss you

GoodWeekendMag Red, I miss you every single day, were you to come back to radio I turn my dial to you.

GoodWeekendMag All the best to Red . Both times I met him he was very funny . I wish wellness and happiness .

GoodWeekendMag GoodWeekendMag caused him to lose his marriage, job, and eldest son?

GoodWeekendMag Good article-I had no idea what Red had been through.

GoodWeekendMag Really top piece of writing

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