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Castro, who took world to brink of nuclear war, dead at 90
Castro drew support from many intellectuals including Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre and Bob Dylan.
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Castro drew support from many intellectuals including Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre and Bob Dylan.
Lupita Tovar, James Galanos, Gary Sprake,
Socially, Brian Hingerty was quietly jovial; his core was adamantine, wholly encased in gentleness.
A man regarded as the world's oldest active overseas aid worker, Frederick Harold Hyde, has died peacefully at the age of 96 in Warwick, Queensland.
George had an exceptional professional reputation throughout the upper levels of the Australian Public Service.
Enzo Maiorca held 13 world records in the "no limits" class of free diving.
Bill should have been an engineer but advanced education was never available to him
Sister Maureen wrote in her diary, 'I had had a foul day. I had a face like a torn sandshoe.'
President caused an uproar when he denied that the smog regularly enveloping Athens was dangerous.
Patricia Kutteles, Ruth Gruber
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.
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
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
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