What is Brian Johns (businessman)?
'''Brian Francis Johns''' (6 May 1936 &ndash; 1 January 2016) was an [[Australia]]n company director and journalist. He was the managing director of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) from 1995 to 2000. Johns was born in [[Gordonvale, Queensland]], Australia. Johns died on 1 January 2016 in a hospital in [[Sydney]], Australia after battling [[cancer]] at the age of 79.<ref name=death>{{cite news|title=Former ABC managing director Brian Johns dies aged 79|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-01/former-abc-managing-director-brian-johns-dies-aged-79/7062934|access-date=1 January 2016|work=ABC News|date=1 January 2016|language=en-AU}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johns, Brian}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Sydney]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Australian journalists]] [[Category:Writers from Queensland]]