• Greg Flattley
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Bill should have been an engineer but advanced education was never available to him

President caused an uproar when he denied that the smog regularly enveloping Athens was dangerous.

Patricia Kutteles, Ruth Gruber

• Paul Morgan

Barbara Hocking was one of Australia's leading advocates for people affected by mental illness. Her leadership and achievements leave a lasting legacy in how people living with mental illness and their families are treated and regarded.

First woman to serve as attorney general of the United States, and longest-serving head of the US Justice Department in the 20th century.

Margaret Camilla Bolster, who has died aged 83, helped popularise the art of Asia and the Pacific in Australia and had a significant second career as a leading environmental activist.

Surgeon who enabled thousands of couples to start a family

Diver ignored medical advice to plunge to new depths

Robert Vaughn was a suave and good-humoured leading man.

Canadian poet-songwriter acclaimed for heart-rending works such as Hallelujah and Suzanne

When most rock artists wore jeans, Leon Russell was distinguished by suits, top hats and ruffled shirts.

Robert Artaud was a member of the WWII French Resistance group known as the Physician circuit.

• John Spence and Penelope Spence

Vernon maintained an energetic, amused and always positive approach to life.

Robert Vaughn playing napoleon Solo and David McCallum, playing the Russian spy Illya Kuryakin as U.N.C.L.E agents took on THRUSH

• Frank Bren

French clown, comedian and filmmaker reinvented visual comedy, taking cues from masters such as Max Linder, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati.

• Liz Porter, Kaye Ballantyne

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