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Fenella Fielding: actress known for roles in Carry On and Doctor comedy capers
Fenella Fielding found herself in demand on stage, television and radio, albeit meeting with mixed fortunes.
Scientist who found water on the moon
“If you take our measurements and use them to estimate the water content of the interior of the moon, you arrive at a volume of water that’s equivalent to the Mediterranean Sea."
Rollercoaster career spanned five decades with 100 movie and TV roles
Burt Reynolds’ career began to skid by the mid-1980s amid bad professional decisions and personal woes.
Teacher's simple life was richly lived
Born to an Irish Catholic family in Wodonga in July 1939, Peter Joseph O'Brien was known as Pete and Stick, but he was Mr O'Brien to countless primary school students during the '70s, '80s and '90s.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Burt Reynolds: A star of film, TV and the tabloids
He received accolades and criticisms in equal measure, but it was often his private life that got the most attention.
Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds dead at 82
The star of Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit suffered a heart attack at a hospital in Florida, according to reports.
- by Michael Idato
Marvel comic artist behind Spider Woman and The Incredible Hulk
If Severin thought the comic was too gory or sexy, “she would darken the colors”.
Commissioner balanced dignity of labour with importance of capital
He also contributed to the establishment of the 38-hour week.
Hal Kendig: Unraveling the secret elements of ageing
Kendig consistently rejected the narrow ‘doomsday problem’ framing of population ageing.
- by Keryn Curtis