Eddie McGuire speaks out about mourning the loss of his beloved mother Bridie

Veteran Australian broadcaster Eddie McGuire mourned the loss of his beloved mother Bridie who sadly passed away late Monday night. The Collingwood president revealed the news on the popular radio station Triple M on Tuesday morning with co-host Luke Darcy, who lost his own father on the weekend.

The pair remained on air despite their deep personal grief and thanked listeners for the constant outpours of support as they discussed their experiences with losing a parent.

“Human interaction, that connection, is a pretty big part of living, isn’t it,” Luke said on the morning show. “We’re finding that out in a big way. Ed, thinking of you and your whole family, challenging times for everyone. We’ve covered a bit of ground Ed, over the journey of the Hot Breakfast, from kids being born and all sorts of milestones and tragically the other side of life.

“I lost my dad on Saturday and feeling for you mate, with the passing of your mum and I know how much she meant to you and the whole family. And the passing of your dad a few years ago and hearing the great stories about Ed Snr as well.”

Eddie played Rod Stewart’s ‘Everything I Own’ as a musical tribute to his late mother and thanked everybody for the well wishes that were sent to both himself and his co-host over the past few days.

“It’s been a tough couple of days for us Darce, but everyone is going through it and I think the message both of us were trying to get out, is (we’re) not looking for any sympathy in tough times in our personal lives, but more so just to share that we’re all going through different times and we’re all going through it together and we all support each other,” he said.

Eddie’s Scottish father, Edward, passed away in 2011 at the age of 94. Throughout his long life, he worked in a coal mine and served during World War II. Edward and Bridie moved to Broadmedows in the working-class northern suburbs of Melbourne in 1958 to give their four kids, Frank, Eddie, Brigette and Evelyn a better life.

In a 2018 interview, Eddie spoke of his close bond with his parents who he said did it tough but that he had “lots of good fun stories” despite the situation they were in.

“They are very intelligent people, and they really made the most of the time they spent in school,” he said. “They read extensively, and for them education was their passion and education for their kids was really what it was all about. As dad says, when they felt the warmth on their back in Australia, they realised what an opportunity Australia presented for them and their family.”