In 1986, Yorke returned to his hometown of Brisbane, Australia to resume broadcasting and journalism. He worked as an announcer and producer for ABC Radio from 1987–1989 and wrote for Brisbane's "Sunday Mail" until 2007. In 1991, he edited and re-released his Led Zeppelin book, this time titled "Led Zeppelin: The Definitive Biography." In 2013 he married his third wife Minnie, and in 2015 he published his most recent book, detailing his relationship with John Lennon and his involvement in the peace campaign titled "Christ You Know It Ain’t Easy: John and Yoko’s Battle for Peace" with a foreword by Yoko Ono. Ritchie Yorke died in hospital in Brisbane on 6 February 2017, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Amongst the many publications he contributed to, Yorke was the Canadian Editor of "Rolling Stone" (1969–70), Canadian Editor of "Billboard" (1970–80), and was the Senior Music Writer for the "Brisbane Sunday Mail for 20 years" (1987–2007). He has written biographies on Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison and also written for publications including "TV Week Australia", "Big Night Out", "Brisbane Times", "The Courier-Mail", "Go-Set", "Juke Magazine", "Pix", "Strangelove", "The Sunday Mail" (Brisbane) and "Time Off". In the U.S. he regularly contributed to, or was syndicated in "Billboard", the "Boston Globe", "Chicago Daily News", "Detroit Free Press", "Hit Parader", "Houston Post", "Los Angeles Times", "Los Angeles Free Press", "Rolling Stone", "Washington Post" and "Zoo World". In the U.K. he has had his work published in "Melody Maker", "Mojo", "New Musical Express", "Nineteen Magazine", "Petticoat Magazine" and "Rhythms". In Canada he was published in the "Globe and Mail", the "Montreal Star", "Chatelaine", the "Ottawa Journal", "RPM", "Sound Canada", the "StarPhoenix", the "Toronto Telegram" and "Winnipeg Free Press". Other publications he was involved with include "Music Life" from Japan and "Music Maker" from Hong Kong. Throughout his career, Yorke made television appearances in addition to contributing to documentary films. In 1986, he wrote the documentary "The Real Patsy Cline".