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Obituaries

Patty Duke's life of grim struggles and glittering successes

Patty Duke, 16, accepts an Oscar for her work in <i>The Miracle Worker</i> in 1963.

8:16 PM   Patty Duke was an Oscar-winning actor at 16 but her life was a battle from an early age. 

Designs by 'maverick' architect were for living in, not looking at

Melbourne architect Neil Everist

NEIL EVERIST 'Maverick' architect designed houses to live in, not look at

There will be more than four candles

<i>The Two Ronnies</i> was a television favourite for 16 years with weekly audiences of 17 million.

Ronnie Corbett exploited to the full both his lack of height and his undoubted talent as a comic performer.

In Passing

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In Passing

Influential mix of comic fact and fiction

US comedian Garry Shandling has died aged 66.

New York Times   Obituary – The comedian's television shows paved the way for a form of self-referential, realist comedy.

Fighter for workplace safety was a friend and comrade to many

Former Age engineer, John Murray fought for workplace safety.

Jim Claven   Obituary: Australia and Scotland have lost one of their compassionate sons in John Murray.

Multi-talented writer was a major creative force in early TV drama

Don Battye, executive producer of <i>Neighbours</i> in 1989.

Peter Pinne   Don Battye was a witty man and will be remembered for his generous and warm spirit.

Penniless refugee drove computer giant

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Jonathan Kandell   Andrew Grove was a longtime head of Intel Corporation, whose microprocessors were essential to modern appliances.

Intel boss Andy Grove was a midwife of semiconductor revolution

Bill Gates and Andy Grove mark the 20th anniversary of the IBM PC in 2001.

Grove's work ethic, personal drive and notion of the value of "creative confrontation" were a model for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

First chief of Yale's Holocaust archives

Scholar Geoffrey H Hartman.

Literary scholar was first director of Yale's Holocaust archives.

In Passing

Johan Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century in 1999.

In Passing

More than a colleague, librarian was a friend with a generous heart

Former Age librarian John Langdon.

Michael Gordon   John Langdon was a much-loved and admired colleague contributed to the quality of The Age for 37 years

Thunderbird lady was an early heart-throb

Sylvia Anderson with Thunderbirds co-creator, and husband, Gerry Anderson.

Co-creator of TV puppet series Thunderbirds

Sinatra's son followed absent father

Frank Sinatra Junior aged 19, arriving to testify in the trial of three men accused of kidnapping him.

Eli Rosenberg   FRANK SINATRA JUNIOR: Never matched his father's super-stardom

A stats boffin the world knew as Mr Martingale

University professor Peter Gavin Hall

Aurore Delaigle and Terry Speed   PETER HALL Developed some of the most difficult and influential theory in modern statistics.

The Rockford Files mainstay Joe Santos dies at 84

Joe Santos as Dennis Becker in The Rockford Files.

Bruce Weber   Joe Santos, a sturdily built, unpretentious character actor who had a memorable role as the overworked detective Dennis Becker on the popular 1970s drama "The Rockford Files", died on Friday in Santa Monica, California. He was 84.

Philosopher with restless intellect likened to Aristotle

American philosopher Hilary Putnam spent his career expanding on ideas, his own and those of others, as if exploring an ...

Bruce Weber   In the world of contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam was known for the breadth of his thinking, the vividness of his provocative arguments, and his penchant for self-questioning and willingness to change his mind.

The man who made the button-down shirt a mass-market must

Elliot Gant, left, and his brother, Martin, outside the Gant shirt factory in the 1960s.

SAM ROBERTS   The Gants transformed the button-down shirt into a mass-market must.

Jan Djan Billycan – an unlikely art star

Jan Billycan's Kirriwirri, 2010.

Jarran Djan Billycan c1930–2016

Brookner will stifle no more emotions

Anita Brookner in 1984.

Novelist Anita Brookner specialised in exploring the hidden pressures, ethical dilemmas and repressed emotions that shape ordinary lives, and won the 1984 Booker Prize for her fourth novel, Hotel du Lac.

Last 'Citizen Kane' actor bows out


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KATHRYN POPPER Orson Welles' PA became a 'Citizen Kane' extra

Shunning awards, historian set his own true course

Historian Dr John Hirst

Stuart Macintyre, Graeme Davison   JOHN HIRST A public commentator and controversialist

TV writer kept South Africa glued to the set

John and Mirella Cundill.

Max Whitten   There were shades of Shakespeare in John Cundill's skill with words and profound understanding of human foibles.