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Obituaries
Bill Garrett: Obstetrics practitioner helped develop ultrasound
9:17 PM BILL GARRETT 1927–2015
New skin saved burns patients – with pork chops into the bargain
Roger Wale, Bill Johnson 7:58 PM John Masterton was the founding director of the Victorian Adult Burns Unit, which he led until 1996.
Transgender actor took a walk on the famous side
Holly Woodlawn was a transgender actor who achieved underground stardom in the 1970 film Trash, and as the "Holly" in Lou Reed's 1972 song Walk on the Wild Side.
You name it, Mr Pickering invented it
Bruce Weber Norman Pickering's creative mind found a way to make phonograph records sound better. But that was not all.
Melbourne problem-solver was the ‘father of water in Tigray’
Tony McKimmie For David McMurdie, delivering clean water in the midst of civil war in Ethiopia was just another problem to be solved, no different from building sewers and pipelines under the Yarra or running a school music festival. What mattered was finding the solution and serving the community.
Wild wife ‘spat out men’s bones’
William Grimes Adele Mailer, second wife of Normal Mailer, wanted to live on the wild side.
Defying all statistics, he saved a generation of Aboriginal youngsters from ruined lives
David Hodgkin, Liam Campbell, Andrew Stojanovski JAPANGARDI MILLER
Mother, friend and 'force of nature' for child health
Paul Joyce Elizabeth Waters worked tirelessly to promote good health in children, families and communities.
US national security adviser helped shape post-Cold War politics
Sandy Berger was a political confidant of president Bill Clinton who became his second term national security adviser and helped to manage a period of fundamental transition in United States foreign policy.
In Passing
Marcus Klingberg, one of Israel's leading scientists in the area of chemical and biological weapons and the most high-ranking Soviet spy ever caught in Israel, died aged 97.
A love for people and a skill that took her journalism to the edge
Debra Jopson Adele Horin helped transform Australian journalism, though she was always too modest to ever admit it.
Multilingual scholar defied norms to stay true to social causes
A gifted academic, John Girling brought a fresh focus to international relations, political science and regional security.
Obituary: Father Frank, the Catholic priest who had his own cheer squad
Michael Bowden, Frank Bowden His unbaptised older brother Joe walked him to church each week and his non-Catholic half-brothers and sister remained staunch allies throughout his life.
Obituary: The stripper who introduced topless dancing to San Francisco
Topless and shimmying to music, she would be lowered to the stage on top of the baby grand piano, sending the crowd at the Condor Club on Broadway wild.
Child star came from a whole family in the picture business
Daniel Slotnik Kevin Corcoran began acting soon after he could walk, but had no trouble leaving the career behind as an adult.
Arts patron had community service in the blood
JANE MACGOWAN 1928–2015. She was a generous arts patron and philanthropist, who inn 1998, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts.
Innovator was the driving force behind many of the great post-war buildings of Melbourne
Neil Clerehan Rod Macdonald was responsible for many great buildings of the post-war era in Melbourne.
Once upon a time, a tycoon learned all about Zulus
A brilliant and ruthless financier, Jim Slater lost his fortune and turned to writing children's books.
Former South Korean president took first steps to financial transparency
Kim Young-Sam was president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998, the country's first civilian leader in more than three decades.
