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Nell Charlwood, primary school teacher and librarian.

War bride loved to celebrate Canada Day

Nell Charlwood, a farm girl from the prairies, lived in Melbourne for 72 years as a Canadian citizen, and may have been the last of Melbourne's Canadian war brides.

In passing

In Passing

Michael Nyqvist​, a Swedish actor who starred in the original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the 2004 cult hit As It Is In Heaven has died of lung cancer at the age of 56. Raised in a Stockholm orphanage, he  discovered acting while an exchange student in the US. He studied theatre but fame in Swedish film and television did not come until he was 39 when he starred in Together, a movie about a leftist commune in suburban Stockholm in the 1970s. Nyqvist tracked down his biological parents after he became a star. He spoke with his Swedish mother just once and found his pharmacist father in Venice. He also discovered two half-sisters.

In Passing

In Passing

Jerry Nelson,Roy Ackerman, The 4th Viscount Long

Inventor of Hawaiian pizza enjoyed slice of fame

The inventor of the Hawaiian pizza, which enjoyed a rapid spread in popularity after its creation, has died.

Sam Panopoulos was widely credited with inventing the Hawaiian pizza; his addition of pineapple to the dish's prospective toppings in 1962 has sharply divided aficionados since, the numbers of those revelling in the combination of sweet and savoury flavours at least matched by those who consider it a culinary abomination.

Scientist embodied early CSIRO values

Bob Vines, CSIRO scientist.

Bob Vines was a CSIRO scientist for 45 years, and his gentlemanly manner and intellectual commitment reflected the organisation's values.

Auschwitz survivor lived to tell her story

Baba Schwartz, Holocaust survivor and author.

Baba Schwartz's simple yet carefree childhood was shattered when the Nazis marched into Hungary. Many years later, she used her diaries and memories to tell the story of the horror that followed.