Darling Downs man Roger Taylor has died in a Brisbane hospital a little over a week after being bitten multiple times by a brown snake on his Vale View property, south-west of Toowoomba.

His wife Carol Taylor, the Toowoomba Regional Council Deputy Mayor, confirmed her husband died this morning.

Councillor Taylor said he died peacefully surrounded by family in Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.

"He never regained consciousness following his operation last Saturday after the snake bites," she said.

Carol Taylor said her husband died surrounded by family.

Cr Taylor was not home when her husband was bitten and said he initially believed he had been scratched.

"He's gotten cranky with it [the netting] and picked it up to throw it out of the way, not realising that there was a snake entwined in it and it's bitten him, I think, four times," she said.

Mr Taylor, 76, then drove 30 minutes to Toowoomba to attend a friend's birthday dinner, where he collapsed and hit his head.

He was treated at the Toowoomba Base Hospital but had to be airlifted to Brisbane when his condition deteriorated.

The Taylors' son had travelled home from Italy to be at his father's side.