Overview
- Western Australia will hold a State Memorial for Dennis Cometti at Optus Stadium on May 4, with the public invited to attend by registering through the WA government website.
- Premier Roger Cook announced the service and encouraged Western Australians to pay tribute at the stadium’s River View Rooms.
- Dennis Cometti died in Perth in March 2026 at the age of 76 after a long illness.
- Across nearly five decades he called AFL, Test cricket and Olympic Games, including the West Coast Eagles’ first premiership in 1992.
- He called his final AFL match at Optus Stadium in 2021 and later received major honours, including the Optus Stadium media centre bearing his name and an Order of Australia in 2019.