Chris Doig (opera singer)

Christopher Keith Doig CNZM OBE (4 April 1948[1] – 13 October 2011) was a New Zealand opera singer and sports administrator. In 1972 he won New Zealand's Mobil Song Quest and subsequently became principal tenor at the Vienna State Opera. Later in his career he was appointed chief executive of New Zealand Cricket and was a member of the New Zealand Rugby Union board.

Doig in August 2011

In 1990, Doig was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[2] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the arts, in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours,[3] and in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts and sport.[4]

Doig died on 13 October 2011 after a two-year battle with bowel cancer, aged 63.[5][6][7]

References
  1. Obituary, Dominion Post, 15 April 2011
  2. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 123. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  3. "No. 52953". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 30.
  4. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. Sports boss, opera star Chris Doig passes away
  6. Chris Doig remembered as a 'remarkable New Zealander'
  7. "Former NZ Cricket CEO, NZRU board member Chris Doig dies". Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.


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