{"id":796813,"date":"2026-07-13T04:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/796813\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:30:09","slug":"richard-scolyer-state-memorial-live-australian-cancer-researcher-farewelled-at-sydney-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/796813\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Scolyer state memorial LIVE: Australian cancer researcher farewelled at Sydney Opera House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Richard Scolyer\u2019s state memorial service has now concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Host Hamish Macdonald is ending proceedings with a quote from Scolyer himself, following eulogies from his family, and an emotional video.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s three sentences, projected large, proud, to the tune of Adam Brand\u2019s song Hearts I Leave Behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoy your life and contribute to the things you are passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe questions you ask and the courage you show can change lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith love and gratitude, Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applause erupts.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for joining us for our coverage of Professor Richard Scolyer\u2019s state memorial service. We heard from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, NSW Premier Chris Minns and Governor-General Sam Mostyn, as well as Scolyer\u2019s friends, colleagues and family, in what was a moving goodbye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professor Richard Scolyer\u2019s state memorial service has now concluded. Host Hamish Macdonald is ending proceedings with a quote&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-796813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}