Backpacker murderer Ivan Milat dead at 74 | ABC News

Ivan Milat, Australia's most notorious serial killer who was serving seven life sentences for the murders of seven backpackers, has died aged 74.

Milat was diagnosed with terminal oesophagus and stomach cancer in May.

He had been transferred for advanced pain relief treatment to Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital on October 11.

He died in the medical wing of Long Bay jail this morning.

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