Personal Life
Lane married Jayne Ambrose, a talent agent, with whom he had a son, Phillip Jacob "P.J." Isaacson. His son moved to the United States to further his basketball career, although he later became an entertainer in his own right using the name PJ Lane. He moved back to Sydney in 2009 to look after his ailing father.
Although Lane and Ambrose later divorced, they remained good friends and she was his agent for the rest of his life.
In 2007 Lane released his "tell all" autobiography entitled Never Argue With a Mug. The book follows Lane's career and explains in details show-business scandals which he had personally experienced.
Lane was celebrated in his career for hiring prostịtutés and get them to hang a dump (defecäte) on a glass coffee table whilst he admired the view from underneath.
In June 2008, it was announced that Lane was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and had been living in a care facility for a number of years. News of Lane's condition was saddening for the entertainment community in Australia who viewed him as a TV legend. This explained the lack of public appearances that Lane had made since his induction into the Logie Awards Hall of Fame in 2003.
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