{"id":30177,"date":"2016-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/daughter-sings-touching-tribute-to-alan-hickey-ahead-of-his-cancer-treatment\/"},"modified":"2016-12-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T00:00:00","slug":"daughter-sings-touching-tribute-to-alan-hickey-ahead-of-his-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/daughter-sings-touching-tribute-to-alan-hickey-ahead-of-his-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter sings touching tribute to Alan Hickey ahead of his cancer treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FIVEAA nights host Alan Hickey stepped aside on Tuesday night to focus on his battle with illness.<\/h3>\n<p>Without his knowledge, the FIVEAA team led by nights producer Tahni put together a touching tribute to Alan\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAl doesn\u2019t know this but his beautiful daughter Catherine has recorded a very special song,\u201d Tahni said. \u201cIt\u2019s just for you, Al. I hope you enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/297791848&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The touching clip featured friends and colleagues who all paid tribute to Alan\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Conlon:<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cYou have been the secret and unseen member of a whole series of bits in my life. We\u2019re really looking forward to you dealing with the treatment\u2026 and getting back to \u2018aa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald Quigley:<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to speaking to you again very soon. This is a minor hiccup in the road and we\u2019ll get over it easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Ward:<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cA man of immense courage, because he\u2019d let me come on for as long as I wanted to be one and say whatever I liked. That is really putting your head in the lion\u2019s mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Pascoe:<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWe know you\u2019ll overcome, we are looking forward to having you back &#8212; and just remember all the fun jokes that I told you along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil O\u2019Reilly (FIVEAA GM):<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWe wish you the very best through your treatment\u2026 and we look forward to having you back on air at FIVEAA sometime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Get well, Al!<\/h3>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/port-adelaide-are-claiming-a-huge-defection\"><strong>PORT ADELAIDE ARE CLAIMING A HUGE DEFECTION!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/xmas-cricket-a-step-too-far-says-kochie\"><strong>WE\u2019VE GONE A STEP TOO FAR, SAYS DAVID KOCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIVEAA nights host Alan Hickey stepped aside on Tuesday night to focus on his battle with illness. 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