Son born with cerebral palsy changed life's focus for GP

Curtis Hanson, the screenwriter and director, who has died aged 71, was a Hollywood also-ran – best known as the journeyman director-for-hire of hit thrillers such as The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) and The River Wild (1994) – until he made LA Confidential (1997), a film noir thriller adapted from James Ellroy's labyrinthine novel set in the sun-drenched streets of 1950s Hollywood.

• James Massola and Dave Sweeney

Williams was at home in the corridors of Canberra, in his surgery or on his surfboard

'In Harry Potter the Devil acts in a crafty and covert manner, under the guise of extraordinary powers, magic spells and curses.'

Mixing with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, as well as Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, had all been wonderful.

• Debbie Lustig

Frances – psychologist, activist, poet and notable contributor to disability services – has died aged 69.

Member of the Society for Psychical Research, he terrified himself in the course of many investigations of hauntings by ghosts and poltergeists.

Dr Victor Chang in 1984, he told Barody: "You will be good for another eight to 10 years"

Twentieth Century Fox: "The Sound of Music lost a beloved member of the family."

• 9-4-1925 – 9-8-2016

Sculptor Ernst Neizvestny's ventures into modernism put him at odds with the Soviet cultural authorities.

• 9-7-1932 – 20-6-2016
• Kate Driscoll

If force of will and hard work could change anything, Margot Driscoll would give it a go.

After a long life, defying medical odds, Ruth Fagg has died aged 94.

Prince Buster, Jutta Limbach, Jack Hofsiss, Ken Higgs

Fire started by arsonist which claimed 87 lives was commemorated in the song 'Sin of the City' by Duran Duran

• Stephen Sinclair

David John Delamore Browne, born October 16, 1957; died August 25, 2016.

Serviceman set an international city to city record navigating a Sea Venom from Rome to Malta in 47 minutes 24 seconds

To read Clendinnen is to encounter an intelligence, at once impassioned and fierce.

May arrived at a fortuitous time when television sport coverage was a made-up-as-you-went-along affair

"My father always said that if you can feed your family and put a roof over your head, then you're a good writer. That's all I've ever wanted to be."

Isabelle Dinoire; Elisabeth Hardy; The Lady Chablis

The tenor was hurt by suggestions that he was not believable as an on-stage lover. "I sing like one," he insisted.

Wijaya befriended members of the royal families of Bali and acquired a knowledge of the island's intricate rituals and history

• Geoff Fitzpatrick

Carl Nielsen, a pioneering giant in Australian design who has died aged 86, has left an impressive and significant legacy.

• Dean Frenkel

This is a story about an extraordinary Australian.

• Geoffrey Robertson

Richard Neville was the provocative and witty spokesman for the generation that questioned the assumed wisdom of its elders.

• Gregg Levy

Entertainment with a message was the hallmark of a career in theatre and film over 45 years.

• Noel Turnbull and Melissa Macfarlane

Donald Bruce Macfarlane became CEO of Amcor, a major Australian company, played a role in developing young leaders across all sections of society, was a generous supporter of the community and became an accomplished painter.

Muriel Spark: He always wanted me to say [his paintings] were good but I didn't think they were.

When the Red Army invaded gymnast went into hiding in the forests where she maintained her fitness by lifting bags of coal and swinging from tree branches