Neil Mitchell has reflected on the life of Australian icon Neale Daniher, following his death after a long battle with motor neurone disease.

The former 3AW Mornings host said Daniher’s legacy is up there with fellow Melbourne great Jim Stynes.

“It’s a selfless legacy, he was never going to make his own life easier, this was always about the people who came next,” Mitchell said on Sports Today.

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Press PLAY to hear tributes from Hamish and Gillon McLachlan as well as Jeff White

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