Marriage[edit]
Randell married Abe Hoch, an Atlantic Records company executive, in 1969.[3] She provided a weekly column for Go-Set as their US correspondent – their home was the US office for Go-Set Publications – during 1970 and 1971.[9] In 1972, their son Jamieson Hoch was born. Abe Hoch later became head of Swan Song Records and they moved to London in 1976 where Randell had further health problems related to her methamphetamine addiction and prescriptions by doctors. This caused difficulties for their marriage and led to their divorce by the late 1970s.[3]
Later career and death[edit]
After the end of her marriage, Randell returned to Australia in 1980, then worked as a personal assistant to Meldrum, who was by then compère of Countdown, until 1986.[3][13] Randell worked for Seymour Stein of Sire Records as his personal assistant in New York during the late 1980s, living close to her son Jamieson.[3] Randell moved back to Melbourne in the 1990s and made occasional appearances in oldies concerts.
Randell went public about her methamphetamine addiction in 2004 in an interview with Peter Wilmoth of The Age. She indicated that her adrenal glands were atrophied to about 30% function.[14] Randell was found dead at her home in Toorak, Melbourne, on 8 June 2007.[4] Police said that there were "no suspicious circumstances". She left notes and gifts for family and friends.[3] Although her father had died three years earlier, she was survived by her mother, brothers, sister, son (Jamieson) and two grandchildren.[4]
Jamieson Hoch, 35, died of a brain haemorrhage on 24 July 2007 only weeks after he joined mourners at St Kilda beach where he spoke about his mother and scattered her ashes in the water.[15]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Go-Set Pop Poll[edit]
The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.[20]