French comic actor hailed by Jerry Lewis as a genius
French clown, comedian and filmmaker reinvented visual comedy, taking cues from masters such as Max Linder, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati.
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French clown, comedian and filmmaker reinvented visual comedy, taking cues from masters such as Max Linder, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati.
Dr Bryan Found worked tirelessly to improve the application of scientific methods to the criminal justice system.
Songs included I'm Your Man, Suzanne and First We Take Manhattan
Qantas captain who rubbed shoulders with royalty and the famous
Anti-Vietnam marches, civil rights demonstrations, rock concerts and the wave of social change engulfed and inspired Gae Pincus.
Janet Reno, Carolyn Hardy, Ralph J Cicerone
Jane Campion and Jan Chapman remember Janet Patterson
US aviation legend Bob Hoover has died in Los Angeles at age 94.
George Masterman
Forensic scientist who could discuss his macabre investigations over dinner.
Molly Rose, Don Marshall, Stanford Lipsey
A crucial factor in the singer's rise to fame was stepping in for Buddy Holly after his fatal plane crash, on the basis that he knew the words to Holly's hit songs.
Richard Braithwaite's study of the biological significance of the region contributed to the expansion of Kakadu National Park.
His roster included, among others, Kim Novak, Barbara Stanwyck, Elvis and Priscilla Presley, Clint Eastwood and Donna Summer.
Third assistant director of Carry on Camping, he was given the task of repeatedly whipping off Barbara Windsor's bikini top with a fishing wire and hook
Zacherle was the "monster of ceremonies".
Carlos Alberto, Howard Davies, Ewen A. Whitaker
John Mulvaney put the study of Aboriginals' past onto the academic agenda.
He designed the ACT Public Service before Canberra's transition to self-government, then led it ably.
Referring to a climbing club for women that she organised after college, Tabei said: "We were told we should be raising children instead."
Perry's famous "Don't tell him, Pike!" scene was repeatedly voted the funniest in television history
The passing of Henry Donohue ends a life of unrivalled achievement in the South Gippsland community.
Richard Hockey's was a smiling presence that drew the customers through the door from the first
She was often top of her class. "Never mind about that," her mother would say, "you have a gravy stain on your shirt."
Jean Alexander,
The first disposable nappies were made from parachute fabric.
Chauviré was the idol Nureyev admired from afar
Wolfgang Suschitzky, an Austrian-born photographer and cinematographer who was a key figure in a British film movement of the 1930s and '40s.
Jenny Saulwick was a lioness of environmental justice, a passionate protector of the local community and a creator of community public art, and helped kick-start the Victorian Greens.
King in exile in Nairobi held court on Sundays outside a movie theatre.
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