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Professor helped shake cobwebs off ‘hidebound Victorian ALP’
Nathan Hollier 7:13 PM 'As I get older, my body seems to deteriorate, which is the opposite of what I'd hoped would happen.' John McLaren
Always the TV housewife, actress pleaded for 'good part as prostitute'
Daniel Slotnick 6:05 PM To her dismay, Marjorie Lord found herself typecast as a TV housewife for years.
Concerned aide moved Lewinsky to get her away from president
Sam Roberts Evelyn Lieberman was the first woman to serve as a deputy chief of staff to a US president.
Medical career stymied by war, Latvian refugee wove a new life
Gunda Druva Latvian student Rasma Druva wanted to be a doctor, but her ambitions were shattered when she was sent to Germany for "work experience" by the occupying German forces.
Alabama lawyer's loss led to pivotal change in US defamation laws
Bruce Weber Fifty-five years ago Alabama lawyer Merton Roland Nachman won a libel case against The New York Times, but the victory was short-lived.
Leader dedicated to training cadets
Greg Leydon A military disciplinarian, John Leydon, was known among his cadets - although not within earshot - as "Mad Dog".
New skin saved burns patients – with pork chops into the bargain
Roger Wale, Bill Johnson 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.
