Chopper with his second wife Margaret and their son Roy. Pic credit: Penguin. Chopper Read is survived by his two sons, Charlie, who he shares with ex-wife Mary-Anne and Roy, who is from his second marriage and co-parented by his widow Margaret. Both of Mark's boys have remained relatively out of the limelight. Charlie gave his first interview about his infamous dad one month after Chopper Read died. Speaking to The Australian Women's Weekly for their December edition, the then year-old boy describes the difficulties of living in the shadow of the notorious criminal.
Chopper with his eldest Charlie. I can't go anywhere without people asking, 'Are you Chopper's son? I don't think of him as anything else, I don't think of him as being the criminal. I've seen the other side of him and I've seen him do stuff that wasn't great, but I want to remember the good times I had with him. You can read Charlie and his mum Mary-Anne's full interview here.
The footage shows the pair playfully chatting to each other while Mark spoke about Ned Kelly. You can watch the duo in the video player below! While in prison, Chopper contracted Hepatitis C. As a result in , the criminal was advised he had two-to-five years to live unless he got a liver transplant.
Chopper had said no to the option, remarking, "I'm not going to ask for a liver transplant, it's not fair. I'm 55 years old; I'm not going to put my name down against some ten-year-old kid.
A few months later in July, the dad-of-two attempted to remove the tumours from his liver through surgery. A year later, things took a turn for the worse and in late September he was admitted to Melbourne Private Hospital. He was Mark Brandon Chopper Read dies at age 58 from liver cancer in Melbourne. Please try again later. The Age. Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later.
Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Beneath his incredible machismo was a very gentle, straight-shooting giant of an Australian man. He also had a fellow Pentridge Prison inmate slice off both of his ears while in jail.
License this article. Read even made regular guest appearance on Doug Chappel's Melbourne International Comedy Festival show in called 'Comics Live in your Lounge' where the two of them told stories on stage together.
The couple had one son, Charlie, and divorced in In , Read was featured in an advertisement on behalf of the Pedestrian Council of Australia warning of the dangers of drunk driving.
The film Chopper, starring Eric Bana as Read, was based on stories from Read's books and independent research, leading to events portrayed on screen that somewhat contradicted Read's version. For instance, Read claimed in early books to be vehemently against drugs, but the film portrays him as a casual drug user.
In response, Read stated, "You have to have tried something to be able to say you hate it. Jim G. Thirlwell, in his Foetus release, Gash, wrote and performed a song titled "Steal Your Life Away" which included a somewhat Read-like persona and several quotes from Read's first book, including "I'm a garbage disposal expert", "You've got to stand at the edge of the grave for the rest of your life", "Me and my mental health don't agree most times" and "Why ask why?
An appeal against the conviction was rejected by the Court of Criminal Appeal on 24 August The second appeal was rejected on 10 March The incident took place in Read's car, which was in the driveway of Collins' residence at Evandale, Tasmania. The bullet was recovered from the back seat of the vehicle, and Collins named Read as the shooter.
Pleading not guilty, Read was found guilty of committing an unlawful act intended to cause bodily harm, a downgraded charge from attempted murder, and sentenced as a "dangerous criminal" to indefinite detention.
Read's first book, Chopper: From the Inside, was collected from letters he sent while incarcerated in Melbourne's Pentridge Prison and published in It contains tales and anecdotes of his criminal and prison exploits. Further biographical releases followed in a similar vein. With the advent of Chopper 5: Pulp Faction, Read began writing fictional tales based on his experiences of criminal life. Attempts were made to ban a children's book written by Read titled Hooky the Cripple.
Read is a great deal scarier than Blackwell, and has even fewer ears. Read explained that he had a disagreement with Gangitano regarding an elderly neighbourhood hero whom Gangitano admired. It is alleged by Read that Gangitano burst open a toilet cubicle door with a number of associates and began a serious assault on Read, who made his escape, but not before smearing his faeces into Gangitano's face.
Read spent only 13 months outside prison between the ages of 20 and 38, having been convicted of crimes including armed robbery, firearm offences, assault, arson, impersonating a police officer and kidnapping.
While in Pentridge Prison's H division in the late s, Read launched a prison war. His gang, dubbed "The Overcoat Gang" because they wore long coats all year round to conceal their weapons, were involved in several hundred acts of violence against a larger opposing gang during this period. Around this time, Read had a fellow inmate cut both of his ears off in order to be able to leave H division temporarily. In his biography, Read claimed this was to avoid an ambush by other inmates by being transferred to the mental health wing.
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