www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/victoria/mark-brandon-chopper-read-dies-at-age-58-from-liver-cancer-in-melbourne-20131009-2v8b9.html
Always thought Heath Franklin summed the infamous Read up perfectly
Select to expand quotebalidru said..
A sad day for all the bogans out there
interesting comment from a kitesurfer 
only joking. guess it dosent mater how you look at it or what your thoughts on the man were you cant argue he was a unique Australian 
20-odd years in jail - the following 20 years clean & living a family-oriented lifestyle. Personally, I think he should be an inspiration to many, especially the ex-cons that want to clean up their life...you also can't deny that he was also a very colourful character & bit of a larrikin story-teller.
The interview with Kerry-Anne & Alan Jones where Chopper called up was a hoot too.
Select to expand quoteSailhack said..
the following 20 years clean & living a family-oriented lifestyle.
I wonder what was his source of income over this 20 years ? Did he actually had any "legal" work in his lifetime?
I am not saying that he didn't,
I simply don't know , maybe he did some trades work, mowing, building something, workshop... ?
Chopper's work;
- author (writing / selling books), although I think some of the royalties might have been confiscated...
- stand-up comedy and story telling, was doing the circuit with Mark Jackson for a while. Jacko had worked with The Wizz Warrick Capper!
- painting, selling artwork...
- spoken word recordings
Selling 500,000 books, plus the other work... I would estimate that he could have earned perhaps over $1M, after leaving prison...
Select to expand quoteSimondo said..
Chopper's work;
- author (writing / selling books), although I think some of the royalties might have been confiscated...
- stand-up comedy and story telling, was doing the circuit with Mark Jackson for a while. Jacko had worked with The Wizz Warrick Capper!
- painting, selling artwork...
- spoken word recordings
Selling 500,000 books, plus the other work... I would estimate that he could have earned perhaps over $1M, after leaving prison...
And to think, to achieve all that, all he had to do was kill a few people.
The Elle McFeast interview with him when he got out of jail was the best.
