'It's all been bloody marvellous': Mark Colvin has the last word on Twitter, as tributes pour in

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Mark Colvin has written his own Twitter epitaph, with his @Colvinius account tweeting "It's all been bloody marvellous" after his death today at the age of 65.

The ABC broadcaster, a self-proclaimed "Lifetime Lance-Corporal in the Awkward Squad", was a prolific Twitter user with more than 103,000 followers.

He died today after struggling with a rare auto-immune disease which he contracted while covering the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.

A former ABC correspondent who was stationed in both Europe and Africa during a career which spanned more than four decades, Colvin's death has sparked an outpouring of tributes, with politicians, fellow journalists and listeners lauding his life and career.

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