Jamie Dunn, the voice of the popular puppet Agro, has died at the age of 76.
We’re hearing this news from a trusted source in the radio business, but we don’t have many specifics yet.
Dunn is survived by his wife Maree and his children – Poppy, Stella, Jackson, Jamie and Max.
The performer became very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, largely due to his weekday morning show, Agro’s Cartoon Connection.
The show ran for nine seasons and featured Ann-Maree Biggar, Teresa Livingstone, Holly Brisley, and Michael ‘Gibbo’ Gibson as hosts, alongside a famously sarcastic puppet.
Following his work on Cartoon Connection, Biggar contributed to several other television programs including The Great Outdoors, In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia, and 9AM with David & Kim.
Barry Dunn started performing the voice of the popular character Agro in 1982, taking over after a disagreement between the original performer and Channel Seven. He continued in the role for over three decades.
Originally a drummer and singer, Dunn moved into television work as the puppet Agro became very popular. This led to appearances on Seven’s Super Saturday and The Super Saturday Show.
In 2020, Dunn revealed how he once missed out on starring in a big-budget movie about Agro.
He explained to News.com.au that he wasn’t able to finish the script, and while he was working on it, circumstances shifted, causing his expected $17 million profit to vanish.
Dunn explained that he shared a film concept with Village Roadshow’s John Kirby, then developed it into a script. He even funded a writer with $10,000 to create an initial draft of the screenplay.
Once the writer secured copyright, Dunn chose to create an entirely original script to avoid any potential legal problems.
He shared his ideas for a few movie scenes with Kirby, but Kirby said they would cost too much to film.
‘John Kirby said, “This isn’t going to cost any more than $19 million, is it?”‘ Dunn recalled.
‘I thought to myself, “I can make this for $2 million easily. I could pocket $17 million.”
However, he never quite got the project off the ground.
Although Dunn didn’t land a movie role, he later created and toured an adults-only stage show called Agro Up Late with Jamie Dunn.
Until 2005, Dunn co-hosted the morning show on Brisbane’s B105 with Donna Lynch and Ian Skippen.
He first became known as the character Agro on the radio, but later started performing as both himself and operating the puppet simultaneously.
In September 2005, Dunn revealed he was departing B105 to join Zinc 96 on the Sunshine Coast, where he presented with Ian Calder and Courtney Burns on the “Zinc Morning Zoo” program.
He departed in October 2008 and then, in 2009, started hosting a talk show on 1116 4BC. He left that position again in October 2010.
Almost ten years later, Dunn came back to radio in Brisbane, hosting a one-hour show on Triple M every Saturday morning.
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2026-03-07 07:03