QUENTIN Kenihan, the disabled boy from Adelaide who became a TV star and even landed a role in a Mad Max movie has died at the age of 43.
Hollywood star Russell Crowe tweeted on Sunday afternoon “devastating news. My little mate, the bravest bloke I ever met … gone. We ill meet again @qkenihan. Not confined any more”.
Quentin was a suburban boy suffering brittle bone disease or osteogenesis imperfecta when in 1985 he was interviewed on television by legendary journalist Mike Willesee.
The interview set young Quentin on a path which would make him the subject of multiple media interviews and on a path to stardom.
He would become an author, filmmaker and movie star, as well as a disability advocate.
Well known around the streets of Adelaide in his electric wheelchair, Quentin was not ahy about expressing his opinion on everything.
As recently as July this year, he was planning to nominate as an area councillor for the Adelaide City Council at the November election.
Quentin said he wanted to give back to the city where he has lived for 20 years.
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