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Hurricane: a boxer, a prisoner, a cause
RUBIN CARTER 1937-2014
Rubin (Hurricane) Carter was a star prizefighter who became an international cause celebre while imprisoned for 19 years, convicted and cleared twice on the same charges of killing three people in 1966.
Electrical engineer and philanthropist
BILL TYREE 1921-2013
In 1947, Bill Tyree set up a small electrical engineering business in Camperdown where he manufactured his first (50kva) transformer, which was bought by the Sydney Water Board.
Burmese writer activist knew human hell
WIN TIN 1929-2014
Win Tin, a poet and journalist, was considered Burma’s most significant democracy activist after Aung San Suu Kyi. He was arrested in 1989 for his role in co-founding the National League for Democracy (NLD) and spent nearly two decades behind bars, the majority in solitary confinement.
Sy Bluhm: fan and friend to local musicians
SY BLUHM 1918-2014
In 1962, Sy Bluhm, then a lawyer in Plymouth, Massachusetts, was concerned about the dangers to the world of nuclear war, and felt that his family would be safer in Australia than America.
His elephants and adventures
MARK SHAND 1951-2014
An adventurer in the best sense of the word, the conservationist Mark Shand never tied himself to anything so tedious as a full-time job. His exploits included riding on horseback through the Andes, journeying to Tibet and being shipwrecked in the western Pacific during a hurricane.
World War II survivor had army blood in his veins
WALLY RANDLE 1924-2013
Wally Randle survived World War II, but years later he still had strong memories of the worst of the times he went through and some good days as well.
Labor premier had a golden run
Milton Cockburn NEVILLE WRAN 1926-2014
Neville Wran exercised formidable intelligence, humour and determination in multiple careers, writes Milton Cockburn.
Nobel prize-winning novelist with a magic touch
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ 1927-2014
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s finest writers. A leading exponent of the Latin American “School of Magic Realism”.
Brigadier served country with strong faith
DAMIAN ROCHE 1956-2014
In 2012, Brigadier Damian Roche was appointed the Defence director-general for the centenary of Anzac planning for the commemorations of Australia’s work in World War I. This was after he had already retired from a distinguished and decorated 35-year career in the army.
Dutch Jesuit paid ultimate price to comfort starving flock in Syria
FRANS VAN DER LUGT 1938-2014
Father Frans van der Lugt was a Dutch Jesuit in Syria. When civil war erupted there in 2011 he chose to remain, suffering the conflict alongside both Muslims and Christians.
Farewell to RAAF man who braved wartime skies
LES LANGDON 1917-2013
Les Langdon was the last of three brothers who volunteered for World War II service with the RAAF. They flew on operations over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and as far north as Bergen in Norway and Murmansk in Russia.
Astronaut took a walk on the wild side
DALE GARDNER 1948-2014
Dale Gardner took part in the first salvage mission in space, in November 1984, when he and fellow NASA astronaut Joseph Allen donned Buck Rogers-style jet-packs and cast themselves adrift from the space shuttle Discovery as it orbited 360 kilometres above the Earth.
Respected lawyer, historian, poet and playwright
MALCOLM BROUN 1935-2014
Malcolm Broun was a respected figure in the Sydney legal fraternity and served on the Bar for over 50 years, as well as being an Australian junior chess champion, a former president of the Scottish Australian Heritage Council and a co-founder of the University Cooperative Bookshop.
A 'rock' who gave many comfort and hope
Pippa Griffiths and Catherine Car
NANETTE GOOD 1930-2013
Nan Good, former chaplain at the Royal Women's Hospital and one of the first women to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church, touched everyone she met in a deep and personal way, and will be missed by many.
Financier gave millions to charity then cost taxpayers billions
CHARLES KEATING 1923-2014
Charles Keating, who has died aged 90, was proof of the adage that the louder a man boasts of his own honour, the faster you should count your spoons.
Radio broadcaster became a voice of optimism for Papua New Guinea
Louise Tigchelaar JANE BELFIELD 1932-2013
When Jane Belfield arrived in Australia on a migrant ship in 1954, at the age of 19, she was living her dream of travel and adventure.
Bling for warrior companions of the king
NICHOLAS BROOKS 1941-2014
Nicholas Brooks was a historian and archaeologist whose understanding of Anglo-Saxon Britain shed light on a myriad of mysteries unearthed in England’s fields and parish archives.
Mycologist and determined glider
LORNA CASSELTON 1938-2014
Lorna Casselton was one of Britain’s foremost fungal biologists, and well-known throughout the international scientific community in her role as vice-president and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society from 2006 to 2011
Fighting for the right to pray
RIVKA HAUT 1942-2014
Rivka Haut was a prominent champion of Orthodox Jewish women fighting for divorce in rabbinical courts and seeking to pray together as a group.
Crusader for jazz, R&B; and funk mixture
WAYNE HENDERSON 1939-2014
Wayne Henderson was a trombonist, composer and co-founder of the Jazz Crusaders, who became a powerful force for merging the sound of jazz with elements of funk, soul and R&B.
The New History view and the new Middle Ages
JACQUES LE GOFF 1924-2014
Jacques le Goff was a veteran of the French Annales, or “New History”, school, and helped to define what was culturally distinctive about the period loosely described as the Middle Ages.
Stage actor who turned down Hollywood offers
PERLITA NEILSON 1933-2014
Perlita Neilson was one of the few child actresses in theatre to mature gracefully and successfully into an accomplished exponent of the classics.
The little wooden blue boy's man
OTTO PETERSEN 1960-2014
Otto Petersen was a ventriloquist and the flesh-and-blood half of Otto and George, a comedy team renowned for vulgarity so stunning as to make Rabelais look like a church picnic.
The Ultimate Warrior, one of the WWF's greatest entertainers
THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR 1959-2014
The Ultimate Warrior was one of the most recognisable stars of the World Wrestling Federation circuit of the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning millions of fans around the world.
Elaine Cassidy: Mayor was a champion bridge player
Derek Cassidy ELAINE CASSIDY 1930-2014 Elaine Cassidy was elected to Woollahra Municipal Council for Double Bay ward in 1979 and she was mayor of Woollahra in 1988 for the bicentenary celebrations.
People's advocate with strong beliefs
BRIAN HARRADINE 1935-2014
Brian Harradine was Australia’s longest-serving independent senator, representing Tasmania for 30 years. He also held the Senate balance of power from late 1994 to March 1996, when his vote – combined with the Australian Democrats and Labor – was enough to help to pass Labor government legislation.
The not-so-secret diary of a very successful single mother
SUE TOWNSEND 1946-2014
Sue Townsend was the creator of Adrian Mole, the spotty, lovestruck teenager from Ashby-de-la-Zouch whose comic chronicles of myriad anxieties proved the publishing phenomenon of the 1980s.
Fearless storyteller shone light on stolen generation
Christine Olsen DORIS PILKINGTON GARIMARA 1937-2014
Doris Pilkington Garimara was born Nugi Garimara on Balfour Downs Station, the daughter of Molly Craig and Toby Kelly, an Aboriginal stockman.
A life spent in the spotlight of celebrity
PEACHES GELDOF 1989-2014
Peaches Geldof was a journalist, model and television presenter, but her chief occupation was being Peaches Geldof, the daughter of celebrities Bob Geldof and Paula Yates.
Non-fiction championed the wilds, but fiction was his first love
PETER MATTHIESSEN 1927-2014
Peter Matthiessen was a roving author and naturalist whose impassioned non-fiction explored the remote endangered wilds of the world.
Businessman was both compassionate and competitive
TONY BATES 1938-2013
Tony Bates was a respected businessman who had a long international career in the pharmaceutical industry. He was an enthusiastic and entrepreneurial leader in many fields and he continually searched for “a better way”.
A lifetime dedicated to preserving Sydney's historic sites
JUNE POLAND 1935-2013
She was an amateur historian who knew where to find Sydney's colonial architectural heritage, but also spent half her lifetime rallying to protect it for future generations.
A champion of calligraphy and illumination
WENDY WESTOVER 1928-2014
Wendy Westover was regarded by her colleagues as one of Britain’s finest practitioners of the calligraphic arts: not only did her writing show astonishing precision, but her standards of miniature painting also evoked the great age of the illuminated manuscript.
The Michelangelo man of motorcycle design
MASSIMO TAMBURINI 1943-2014
Massimo Tamburini was one of the great names of automotive design, allying power and beauty in motorcycles in the way that his compatriot, Enzo Ferrari, did in cars. One critic even called him the “Michelangelo of the motorcycle”.
The banjo man who delivered Deliverance music
ARTHUR SMITH 1921-2014
Arthur Smith was a country musician known for the hit Guitar Boogie and for Feuding Banjos, a bluegrass tune that became Dueling Banjos in the film Deliverance.
Britten’s bass-baritone for Death in Venice
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK 1931-2014
The bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk began his working life as a scientist and went on to become one of the most significant and prolific figures in Benjamin Britten’s circle at Aldeburgh.
Maker of ice-cream and film-makers
GLORIA MINGHELLA 1930-2014
Gloria Minghella was the matriarch of a remarkable Italian immigrant family which came to Britain in the first half of the 20th century. While she became an award-winning ice cream maker, her five children went on to excel in their chosen fields. The most celebrated among them was Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning film director.
It was The Good Life for this scriptwriter
BOB LARBEY 1934-2014
Bob Larbey co-wrote with his professional partner John Esmonde some of Britain’s most popular television sitcoms, most memorably The Good Life (1975-78).
Ministers' man who took God into court
EDWIN KAGIN 1940-2014
Edwin F. Kagin, the son of one minister and father of another, saw religiosity creeping into the public domain and fought against it in a dual role as head lawyer and jester-provocateur for one of America’s most militant atheist organisations.
Talking Teddy took the world by storm
KEN FORSSE 1936-2014
Talking toys have been around since Edison made a doll that recited nursery rhymes by means of a small hand-cranked phonograph. Now there are dolls that reply emotively to a child, by name.
New York's Chef of Chefs in the grand tradition
ROGER FESSAGUET 1931-2014
Roger Fessaguet presided over the exalted kitchen of the elegant Manhattan restaurant La Caravelle in the 1960s and 1970s, when it attracted A-list celebrities with classic French cuisine and Parisian ambience.
Hero to a nation
JEREMIAH A. DENTON JNR 1924-2014
Haggard but gritty, prisoner of war Commander Jeremiah A. Denton Jr slumped in a chair before the television cameras in North Vietnam. Pretending to be blinded by the spotlights, he began blinking - seemingly random spasms and tics.
Brought the pleasures of the harbour to all
TREVOR HAWORTH 1931-2014
In 1954, Trevor Haworth stepped ashore in Townsville from a small sugar lighter, with a one way air ticket to Sydney and a letter from Australian Customs to say he could stay as long as he liked.
Country doctor with a heart of gold
JOHN PRIOR 1922-2014
John Prior was one of a dying breed, the country doctor who spent almost his whole working life in one place. He arrived in Boggabri, in north-western NSW, in December 1952 and was the town’s sole medical practitioner for 50 years.
Face of US savings and loans crisis, thanks to rash investments
CHARLES KEATING jnr 1923-2014
Charles H. Keating jnr came to symbolise the American $US150 billion savings-and-loan crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, when a thousand institutions collapsed in an implosion of reckless investments.
One of Hollywood's enduring performers
MICKEY ROONEY 1920-2014
Mickey Rooney was a celebrated child actor who embodied the All-American boy in the Andy Hardy films of the 1930s and 40s, and became one of the era’s top box-office draws.
Champion of the oppressed in Malaysia
IRENE FERNANDEZ 1946-2014
Irene Fernandez was a champion of the oppressed in Malaysia whose indefatigable advocacy for better treatment of foreign migrant workers prompted her government to denounce her as a traitor and human rights groups to shower her with awards.
Insider opened art world to outsiders
ALAN SISLEY, 1952-2014
Few, if any, art galleries in Australia could lay claim to staging an exhibition by non-mainstream, or outsider, artists that would go on to tour Europe. But in 2006, under the directorship of Alan Sisley, Orange Regional Gallery did just that.
Printer rode his luck for fresh start in Australia
Michael Curman AL CURMAN 1928-2014
When Al Curman in Austria heard in 1960 that Australia was seeking workers, he packed up his family and, on an assisted immigration passage, set off by ship from Genoa for a new adventure. He had already been moved so much in his life by then that he spoke Hungarian, Russian and German, but barely a word of English.
Prisoner of war fooled his captors with Morse code
JEREMIAH A. DENTON JNR, 1924-2014
Haggard but gritty, prisoner of war Commander Jeremiah Denton slumped in a chair before the television cameras in North Vietnam. Pretending to be blinded by the spotlights, he began blinking - seemingly random spasms and tics.
Pow! Zap! Batman's creator loved high camp
LORENZO SEMPLE Jr 1923-2014
Lorenzo Semple Jr was a playwright and screenwriter who would probably be best known for his scripts for films like Papillon and Pretty Poison if he hadn’t put the Zap! and the Pow! in the original episodes of the arch, goofy 1960s television show Batman.The man who said good-bye to Saigon
THOMAS POLGAR 1922-2014
Thomas Polgar was the last CIA station chief in Saigon during the Vietnam War and helped to direct the frantic airborne evacuation of US citizens and Vietnamese leaders during the final days of the war in 1975.The man who invented the Oddest Book Title
BRUCE ROBERTSON 1934-2014Bruce Robertson was managing director of the book design and artwork partnership Diagram and founder of the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title.
Daniel the Seven Brides Brother Danced to 100
MARC PLATT 1913- 2014
Marc Platt was a lively and versatile dancer who had standout roles onstage and in films, including in the original 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma! and as one of the virile young woodsmen seeking spouses in the 1954 film musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.For Dummies man no dummy at buusiness
PATRICK McGOVERN 1937-2014
Patrick McGovern built a multibillion-dollar computer magazine empire, International Data Group (IDG), which, among other things, developed the “For Dummies” manuals.From principal boy to 'witches and bitches'
ANN HOWARD 1934-2014
Ann Howard was an opera singer who rose from being a West End shop assistant, via pantomime, to dominate the title role in Carmen for English National Opera.Never a bridge too far for world expert
ALBERT DORMER 1925-2014
Albert Dormer was a leading authority on the game of bridge and the author of 10 books on the subject. He was Reuters’ correspondent at World Bridge Championships for two decades.Sailboat and surfboard designer found worldwide success
HOBIE ALTER 1933-2014
Hobie Alter was best known for his invention of the Hobie Cat, the lightweight, double-hulled sailboat that achieved worldwide popularity.
A career of public service in the army and the government
ALFRED WATT 1917-2013
Alf Watt joined the Royal Australian Artillery in the late 1930s. Shortly after officer training he was posted to Darwin as commander of a 9.2 inch battery. It was literally a baptism by fire into a stellar career as an artillery commander.
Bringing a warrior's spirit to filmmaking
David Hannay is not easily categorised as having been either a failure or an unqualified success as a film and television producer. He is far from being a household name but some of his productions are, like The Man From Hong Kong (1975) and notably the seminal bikie-cop hit Stone (1974) made with first time director Sandy Harbutt. Therein also lies his greatest professional disappointment, he frequently said, that a second Harbutt feature never eventuated.
Dedicated doctor stood by patients to the end
GEORGE SACKELARIOU, 1924-2013
George Sackelariou arrived in Australia as a refugee with little money and no English. But Irish labourers at his first job were only too happy to teach him some words. Unfortunately, they were swear words.
Avian disease expert
TREVOR BAGUST, 1944-2014
The first phase of Trevor Bagust’s career was to develop and lead an avian diseases research program at CSIRO division of animal health in Parkville, Victoria, where he acquired an international reputation as a poultry virologist.
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The ultimate sports deal maker
Damien Murphy IAN FRYKBERG 1945-2014
When Australians watch commercial television, they see the work of a master deal-maker who was among the first to realise that sport was television’s own form of Esperanto.
Actress delighted 'Dynasty' audiences with showdowns with Collins
KATE O'MARA 1939-2014
Kate O'Mara who has died aged 74, was an actress whose cliff-high cheekbones, brooding glare and nifty line in tough talk fuelled a successful international television career.
Surfers Paradise visionary
Frank Crook ROBERT WALDER 1924-2013
In the mid-1950s, Surfers Paradise was a boom town waiting to happen. The stretch of coastline dubbed the Gold Coast as long ago as 1933 was already a haven for tourists, but the high-rise building explosion was still a few years away.
A man for all presidents
James R. Schlesinger served as American secretary of defense under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and became the country's first secretary of energy under Jimmy Carter.
Actor's marriage to Errol Flynn saw a Rocky start and finish
Elaine Woo PATRICE WYMORE FLYNN, 1926-2014
Patrice Wymore was the third and last wife of Errol Flynn. She was 24 when they married; he was 41.
Haematologist kept pushing the boundaries of his field
Romano Pirola REG LAM-PO-TANG 1928-2014
In the early 1960s, changes to the White Australia Policy permitted the migration of a young Mauritian haematologist, Reg Lam-Po-Tang, who arrived here in 1964 to set up a new Haematology Department at the Prince of Wales Hospital.
The man who brought in Blair
Telegraph, London AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH 1932-2014
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, the former president of Sierra Leone, invited British forces to rescue his capital from a brutal rebel army, paving the way for Tony Blair’s most successful foreign intervention.
The King of Las Vegas Strip
Marisa Gerber JACK GAUGHAN 1920-2014
Gambling tycoon Jackie Gaughan was considered the creator of the modern-day casino and ‘‘one of the fathers of downtown Las Vegas’’.
WWII Escapologist of note
TRESHAM GREGG 1919-2014
Colonel Tresham Gregg had an adventurous Army career as a leader of wartime Italian partisans, having already acquired a reputation as a serial escaper from PoW camps.
Herlea La! Herlea Qua! Herlea bravissimo!
NICOLAE HERLEA 1927-2014
Nicolae Herlea was a Romanian baritone best known for his roles in bel canto opera. During a stage career lasting more than 35 years he claimed to have appeared as Figaro in more than 550 performances of Rossini’s comic opera The Barber of Seville.
McCartney's guitar master sounded good
KAZUO YAIRI 1932-2014
Kazuo Yairi was a Japanese classical guitar luthier whose fixation with acoustic sound drove him to make beautiful, resonant guitars favoured by musical such greats as Sir Paul McCartney and Carlos Santana.
The man in too many grey flannel suits
Emma G. Fitzsimmons JAMES REBHORN 1948-2014
James Rebhorn was a character actor who appeared in dozens of popular movies and television shows and recently starred on the hit series Homeland”.
All the Presidents' man
Neil A Lewis LAWRENCE E WALSH 1912-2014
Lawrence E. Walsh was a former federal judge and a mainstay of the American legal establishment who as an independent counsel exposed the lawbreaking in the Reagan administration that gave rise to the Iran-contra scandal.
Advertising visionary who had Fortune on his side
REG BURNHAM 1922-2014
Reg Burnham was the head of Fortune Advertising's Woolworths' account, during the first time the supermarket giant allowed an agency to create their advertising campaign.
A vital role in return to Spanish democracy
ADOLFO SUAREZ 1932-2014
Adolfo Suarez piloted Spain’s bloodless transition from dictatorship to democracy during a four-and-a-half year tenure that disarmed liberals as much as it alarmed conservatives.
Howzat! An American's perfect pitch
BILL MOTZING 1937-2014
Bill Motzing wrote music for more than 30 films, including famous Australian ones such as Newsfront (1978), Silver City (1984) and Young Einstein (1988).
Actor became the definitive voice of Phryne Fisher
STEPHANIE DANIEL 1947-2014
Stephanie Daniel was an actor known for her one-woman show about Jane Austen, An Uneventful Life, and as the audiobook voice of Phryne Fisher and all the other characters in Kerry Greenwood's books about the elegant 1920s Melbourne sleuth.
Actor who could light up the stage mourned
JOHN EWING 1936-2014
Programs from the actor Jon Ewing's performances, at the Old Tote, The Nimrod, Marion Street Theatre, the Menzies Hotel Theatre Restaurant and the Sydney and Melbourne Theatre companies, show that he worked almost continuously in his beloved profession, and alongside many of Australia's notable actors and directors.
Jesuit priest endured years of persecution and house arrest in China
JOSEPH FAN ZHONGLIANG 1918-2014
Joseph Fan Zhongliang was a Jesuit priest who suffered years of persecution at the hands of Chinese communists both before and after he was appointed Bishop of Shanghai in 2000.
Marathon man and recordbreaker achieved gold
DAVE POWER 1928-2014
Dave Power was one of Australia's greatest long distance runners, best known for his Olympic and Commonwealth Games medal wins. He competed in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, won gold and silver medals in two Commonwealth Games and took a bronze for the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Mountaineer surveyor mapped the wilds of Nepal
JOHN TYSON 1928-2014
John Tyson was a modest English schoolmaster who made it his personal mission to map the Kanjiroba Himal, a remote group of mountain peaks in north-west Nepal – among the most rugged and forbidding in the Himalayas.
Cinematographer was a master of colour
OSWALD MORRIS 1915-2014
Oswald Morris was a renowned British cinematographer who won an Academy Award for the 1971 musical Fiddler on the Roof and who was known for his innovative colour work on films such as Moulin Rouge in 1952.
Model man saved Skylab with partly puckered parasol
JACK KINZLER 1920-2014
Had Jack A. Kinzler not built model planes as a boy, had he not visited the post office as a youth and had he not, as a grown man, purchased four fishing rods at $12.95 apiece, Skylab - the United States' $2.5 billion space station - would very likely have been forfeit.
Eternal life - via chaotic bricks and mortar
MADELINE GINS 1941-2014
Madeline Gins was a poet and painter who, with her creative partner and husband Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist, set out to achieve everlasting life through architecture, designing structures which - they claimed - would "counteract the usual human destiny of having to die".
Ike's tyke lived in shadow of dad's fame
JOHN EISENHOWER 1922-2013
John Eisenhower followed his more famous father, General Dwight Eisenhower, into the US Army and, as a junior officer, was witness to some crucial moments of World War II. Subsequently he emerged as a military historian in his own right, and author of a personal memoir of his father.
Left-wing idealogue led UK Labour into the wilderness
TONY BENN 1925-2014
Tony Benn was Labour's most controversial late 20th-century figure, leading the Leftward drive that arguably marginalised the party for a generation.
'Rock Action' was the pulse of the Stooges
SCOTT ASHETON 1949-2014
Scott Asheton was the original drummer and a founder of the influential rock band the Stooges. Over time, through their small and powerful discography and the hundreds of bands they inspired, the group left a lasting mark on rock music.
A formidable force in the kitchen, an indomitable lady in leather
CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT 1947-2014
Dickson Wright sprang to celebrity as the larger of the Two Fat Ladies in the astonishingly popular television series.
Glamorous designer at home on both sides of the catwalk
L'WREN SCOTT 1964-2014
L'Wren Scott was a fashion designer whose creations were known for their elegance, though with a soupçon of daring and glamour evoking her days as a celebrity stylist in Hollywood and her romantic partnership with Mick Jagger.
Architect serviced a broad church
RIDLEY SMITH 1936-2013
Ridley Smith's legacy as an architect extends well beyond the scores of churches created around the world. His work ran from helping to develop the sails of the Sydney Opera House to expanding a teaching hospital in Ethiopia.
Australia's first female stockbroker
MARGARET MITTELHEUSER 1931-2013
In 1961, in Brisbane, Margaret Mittelheuser was the first woman to set up and head a stockbroking office in Australia.
Educator used creativity to reach students
CHRIS BELSHAW 1959-2014
As a music teacher, Chris Belshaw was known for her energy, and for her ability to make a silk purse out of any musical sow's ear put in front of her.
Controversial Afghan leader a divisive figure until the end
MOHAMMED FAHIM 1957-2014
Mohammed Fahim was a controversial figure in Afghanistan, where he was first vice-president and where he also had a reputation as one of Afghanistan's most powerful, brutal and corrupt warlords.
Sailed around the globe with his father and brother
DICK NOSSITER 1910-2014
Growing up in Northwood on the banks of the Lane Cove River, Dick Nossiter and his three brothers were in a Boys' Own adventure. Their home was a waterfront property with a tidal pool, boatshed and small slipway for their 13 metre family yacht, Utiekah II.
The 'titan of trailers' spruiked hundreds of films
HAL DOUGLAS 1924-2014
Hal Douglas, the “titan of trailers” whose gravel-toned decrees whetted audiences’ appetites for more than 1000 forthcoming feature films, teasing out the explosive action, maudlin melodrama and intergalactic showdowns coming soon to a screen near them, died aged 90.
Survivor fought to make those who transported victims pay
LEO BRETHOLZ 1921-2014
Leo Bretholz played a leading role in the campaign to gain reparations from companies that transported victims to concentration camps, died aged 93.
