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Obituaries
Actress who played the first Lois Lane in Superman
5:24 PM Lois Lane generally ended up tied to railway tracks, trapped in a cave or, as Neill put it "bound, gagged and waiting for the bomb to go off"
A champion of women's health appointed to Whitlam government
Stefan Couani 9:00 PM Stefania Siedlecky identified poor access of Aboriginal women to the health system.
Farquharson, journalist whose love of history led him to Canberra
John Farquharson covered stories from the defection of Russian spy Vladimir Petrov to sacking of the Whitlam government.
Robin Hardy directed 'the Citizen Kane of horror movies'
Sinister movie The Wicker Man inspired a cult following
Actor Caroline Aherne played Mrs Merton and in The Royle Family
Caroline Aherne, five time Bafta winner was sick of being famous
Elie Wiesel, Nobel peace prize laureate and Holocaust survivor, dies at 87
Mary Rourke and Valerie J. Nelson Elie Wiesel, the Nazi concentration camp survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author whose seminal work "Night" is regarded as one of the most powerful achievements in Holocaust literature, has died, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said. He was 87.
Michael Cimino, acclaimed director of The Deer Hunter, dies at 77
Dave Itzkoff Michael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker who earned a reputation as one of Hollywood's boldest directors with the haunting 1978 Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter, and then all but squandered it two years later with Heaven's Gate, died on Saturday. He was 77.
David Johnson: the man who ate Arnott's
One reporter called him "The Man Who Ate Arnott's", referring to the acrimonious corporate takeover of the 1990s. David Johnson, the famed chief executive of Campbell Soup Company, led it. His illustrious corporate career started with an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Soprano was a champion of contemporary music
American soprano Phyllis Curtin was a champion of contemporary music.
The man with the magic guitar
Scotty Moore, the man who practically invented the vocabulary of the rock guitar for generations to come, has died aged 84.
Futurist author Toffler dies at 87
Alvin Toffler, an author whose visions of accelerating social change guided Chinese leaders, American politicians and business moguls through the best-selling books "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave", died June 27 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.
Battle of Britain pilot showed great courage when odds were great
Squadron Leader Keith Lawrence, who has died aged 96, was the last surviving New Zealand-born Battle of Britain fighter pilot; he later flew in the fierce air battles of the Battle of Malta.
Piano's zen master and Helfgott's coach had secret pupils
A self-taught pianist who went on to be a remarkable teacher.
Bambi cartoonist born on dust-bowl farm
Willis Pyle learned his craft by studying drawing at Disney's art school on the studio lot at night.
Final journey for Qantas frequent flyer with keys to 'retro-roo'
John Martin, a television newsroom editor, clocked up a record of more than 1000 trips with Qantas which, the airline says, "will stand the test of time".
Happy marriage of two cultures showed the value of post-war migration program
Daniel Caporale Edoardo Caporale went to work on the hydroelectric schemes in Tasmania when he came to Australia.
Commando lied about his age to join fight to free France
Rene Rossey was among the French marine commandos who stormed ashore on Sword Beach in Normandy on D-Day.
Theatre designer an alchemist with ordinary objects
Desmond Heeley's costumes dressed the likes of Laurence Olivier and Margot Fonteyn.
Pioneer venture capitalist helped create Silicon Valley
Thomas Perkins nurtured Silicon Valley's venture capital industry, fostering the growth of Google and Amazon.
Film-maker Paul Cox remembered
John Clarke When Paul Cox was moved from hospital into palliative care, we prepared ourselves for tough news.
Ex-soldier turned himself into Leopard Man of Skye
Leppard by name, leopard by nature. The hermit tattooed almost his entire body in spots to look like a big cat.
Engineer was loco for steam train engines
British engineer was inspired by the romance of steam as a child and devoted his life to improving steam engines.
Conservationist long before 'greenies' were heard of
Max Woods was a lifelong environmentalist, a passionate advocate in soil conservation and sustainable use of energy in agriculture.
Gunner awarded Silver Star one of last survivors of WW2 Doolittle Raid
David Thatcher was played by actor Robert Walker in a movie based on the Japan raid and crash-landing called Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
Hit producer and songwriter’s talent helped to lift Elvis Presley’s career out of the doldrums
Chips Moman, a producer and songwriter, helped define the Memphis sound in the 1960s.
One of the first DJ's on subversive radio station Double J in the '70s
Double J showed its colours notoriously playing a song banned by commercial radio, Skyhooks' 'You just like me 'cos I'm good in bed'
Legendary Fleet Street crime reporter known as 'Prince of Darkness'
James Nicholson was the last of the old-school crime reporters and at the height of his Fleet Street fame became celebrated – on account of his black cape – as the "Prince of Darkness".
Nurse who served king, country and community
Jeannie Ross Fraser was a nurse, philanthropist, historian, author, promoter of wool and committed to the Glen Innes community.
Visionary who implemented changes in the grain and wool industries
Agricultural leader who reformed both grain and wool industry