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John Berger, who has died aged 90, was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, art critic, painter, poet, playwright, actor, activist and presenter of television programs including the BBC series Ways of Seeing (1972); from the mid-1970s on, however, he preferred the term "storyteller", which better suited the Marxist spirit of his work.
William Salice, who has died aged 83, played a leading role at the confectionery giant Ferrero for four decades, helping to launch the Kinder Surprise chocolate egg in 1974; in the decades since, more than 30 billion of the treats have been sold around the world.
The first thing she did on coming round from her coma was to ask for a cigarette.
Interest in medicine emerged at the age of five when his father removed his tonsils and adenoids on the kitchen table under a chloroform anaesthetic.
Moore among crew of a Catalina flying boat involved in spotting and shadowing the German battleship Bismarck prior to its sinking.
Joynes was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for her needlework.
Wong joined Disney as an "in-betweener," creating the thousands of intermediate drawings that bring animated sequences to life.
Allan Williams complained of night-time torments when "my teeth make a gritty noise in my skull as I think of how I let the band and a million quid slip through my fingers".
Peter Henderson was a distinguished Australian public servant who headed the Department of Foreign Affairs for five years. For nearly half of his 34 years of public service he tended to be seen by those who knew him only superficially, or not at all, as the son-in-law of prime minister Sir Robert Menzies.
Under Milfull's leadership, the School of German was transformed into a flourishing community.
A graceful right-hand batter who could drive powerfully on both sides of the wicket.
Michele Morgan, General Gregorio Alvarez
An inspiring, talented leader who crammed his 103 years with energy, achievements and care for others.
Reynolds best-remembered film is Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which she held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor,
At a Capri restaurant Hazzard overheard Graham Greene trying to remember the last line of a Robert Browning poem, so muttered it to him on her way out.
Rubin was a "guiding light" for a generation of female astronomers.
It took 70 years for Liz Smith to become a household name.
The rabbit characters in Watership Down were drawn from Army officers he had known during the Second World War
Having seen fame's light and dark sides, Fisher did not take it too seriously.
Melbourne lost a quiet hero when Herbert William (Bert) Tinning died at the age of 95 after a life of duty, civic service and a passion for his city.
As Chief Veterinary Officer Wallace White had a major role in developing government policy in animal health.
There are some of us who remember when Victoria was a roast beef and two veg kind of a place. Then along came the Italians and the Greeks. And then there was John Guy.
A teen pop star who became a worldwide figure of substance, and substances, he earned the right to sit alongside his heroes Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
At the height of his success Parfitt owned 10 Porsches, had a £1000 per week cocaine habit.
Devoted to continuing climate research until he died.
Mario Milano's name is recalled in Australia even by those who weren't wrestling fans.
Galitzine was one of the first clutch of supermodels to be sent abroad for Vogue, travelling in 1952 to Sydney.
Joseph Lewis-Hughes was instrumental in planning for the evacuation of Sydney, supposed target of a Soviet submarine nuclear strike.
Patricia Robins, Marion Pritchard
Tantalised Tony Curtis with a seductive performance
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