Gallery icon14 ImagesThe journalist, broadcaster and senator was never short of an opinion, and even less often short of the energy required to express it, in print, on screen, on air. He published more than 20 books, was podcasting until 2022 and was still penning the occasional article until late last year. “That’s life” was his famous sign-off during decades on television and radio. And death, in his view, was an “unavoidable part of it”.July 10, 2026 — 2:16pm1/14Senator Derryn Hinch, pictured at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Andrew Meares2/14Derryn Hinch on set of the Hinch television program in 1989.Credit:Steven Siewert3/14TV Hosts Ray Martin and Derryn Hinch at Channel 9 in 1994.Credit:Fairfax4/14Derryn Hinch at work in The Sun Offices in 1980.Credit:Fairfax5/14Hinch enters the Supreme Court to hear the verdict which was termed as a “flagrant and audacious contempt of court”. Derryn Hinch was later sentenced - A first in Australia of anyone in the media commenting about a matter in a way which could affect a fair tria, to six weeks jail in 1986.Credit:Cathryn Tremain6/14Derryn Hinch and wife Jacki Weaver at 3AW in 1987.Credit:Fairfax Media7/14Derryn Hinch and his wife Jacki Weaver leaving court after a magistrate ordered Hinch to do 250 hours of unpaid Community work for broadcasting particulars which were likely to identify a person against whom an alleged sexual offence had been committed. Credit:John Lamb8/14Derryn Hinch after his arrest for contempt of court in 1987.Credit:Supplied9/14Sun Editor, Derryn Hinch, presents a cheque to Miss New South Wales, Julianne McLean, at the Sun office in Sydney, 7 March 1977. Credit:Fairfax Media10/14Derryn Hinch undertaking medical treatment, as filmed by 60 Minutes.Credit:Nine11/14Derryn Hinch arriving at to face charges of contempt over the naming of a sex offender, has made a career out of bellowing his opinions.Credit:Justin McManus12/14 Derryn Hinch arrives home with wife Chanel following being sentenced to five months’ home detention and a wide-ranging media ban for breaching a suppression order that prohibited the naming of two sex offenders. Credit:Rebecca Hallas13/14Senator Derryn Hinch with his rainbow scarf during debate on the Marriage Amendment Bill in the Senate, at Parliament House in Canberra Credit:Fairfax Media14/14Senator Derryn Hinch durng a press conference after he delivered his first speech at Parliament House in Canberra. Credit:Andrew Meares