Channel Nine boss dies.

Kerry Packer, Australia's wealthiest man and head of the Nine Network, has died over the Christmas period.

Packer's Channel Nine sponsored Kevin Bartlett Chevrolet Camaro in the early ATCC in the early 1980s, the American car famously ending up on its roof in the Bathurst 1000km race.

Packer died peacefully at home on Monday night. The 68 year old had been in ill health for some time.