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Obituaries

In Passing

In Passing

The 11th Duke of Beaufort, Fadwa Suleiman, Christian Millau

War veteran left an archive of memories

Gil Easton, World War II 'Rat of Tobruk', with is medals.

Gil Easton survived the World War II battles of Tobruk and Alamein, and brought back an archive of photographs which he donated to the people of Victoria.

Author of best selling light-hearted Doctor books

Richard Gordon, author of the famous "Doctor" series of novels, many of which have been made into films.

Richard Gordon, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain's most popular novelists in the 1950s and 1960s, creating the light-hearted Doctor books, beginning with Doctor in the House, that spawned several classic film comedies of the era.

In Passing

In Passing

Blanche Blackwell, Haruo Nakajima, Helen Alexander.

Sports-loving dentist was a pioneer in her profession

Dr Jean Cannon, a pioneer for professional women.

Dr Jean Cannon, who was the first woman in Australia to achieve a Masters degree in dentistry through research, switched to orthodontics in her 50s and believed that she was still reaching her peak into her late 60s.

Botanist was a fine friend to the Gardens

Golda Isaac, botanist and founding member of the Friends of the Royal Botanical Gardens

Golda Isaac became a foundation member of the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1983, and had a major role in establishing the ethos and direction of the group's early days.

A life spent promoting swimming

Joan Kellett.

Joan Kellett was a respected and influential participant in the life of the Canberra community.

In Passing

In Passing.

Jeanne Moreau, Albert S. Zuidema, Hywel Bennett

Editor discovered chef Child and Anne Frank

Judith Jones, the renowned editor,  was a fan of literature and cooking.

Judith Jones, the editor who discovered Julia Child and advanced a generation of culinary writers that revolutionised cooking and tastes in American homes, and who for a half-century edited John Updike, Anne Tyler, John Hersey and other literary lions, died on Wednesday at her summer home in Walden, Vermont. She was 93.

Sam Shepard, actor, playwright and director

Sam Shepard poses for a portrait in New York, 2011.

Sam Shepard, who has died aged 73, overcame a difficult childhood and poor education to become one of America's leading literary figures – a Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, an Oscar-nominated actor, an author, director, poet, musician and long-time partner of actor Jessica Lange.

Mary Scott's APS legacy remembered

Mary Scott in Cambridge. Back in Australia, she was at the centre of the development and implementation of a range of ...

Passionate, eccentric, warm-hearted, unpretentious, generous. Mary Scott lived life on her terms.

Teacher passed on his passion for science

Graham Miller explains combustion in one of the first of a series of science programs broadcast direct from the studio ...

Graham Miller's love of teaching science made him a natural choice to be the presenter of the first television science series to be broadcast directly from the studio to the classroom.

The great Australian voice falls silent

A music giant: Dr G Yunupingu.

The blind singer-songwriter who took Indigenous music to the world has died after battling health problems for most of his life.