Obituaries
In Passing
Charles Kuen Kao, a Nobel laureate in physics, and John Cunliffe, who created the children’s television favourite Postman Pat.
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Cutting edge of fabric design
Dorrough was commissioned to produce 12 large panels for the new addition of a dining room at the New South Wales Parliament in Macquarie Street.
Farmer's daughter used rescued airman's parachute for wedding dress
WEbb, forced to bail out over France after an attack, managed to return to England and was awarded an immediate DFM.
Commander of Romanian 'extermination camp'
“Ficior beat us every day with a wooden stick,” one former prisoner said.
Expert in the history of mining and Chinese rural heritage
Barry McGowan received OAM from Sir Peter Cosgrove shortly before he died.
Australian actor Damian Hill, star of Pawno, dead at 42
His latest project, M4M, was due to begin filming on Monday.
- by Karl Quinn
Vietnam
Virus kills Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, 61
Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country's top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died on Friday after an illness.
- by Khanh Vu & James Pearson
Hoaxer extraordinaire, is (on good authority) dead at 94
Abel hoaxed media with Ku Klux Klan Symphony Orchestra, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals and Euthanasia Cruises.
Diane Leather, first woman to run a mile in under five minutes
She ran in an era where women were considered too frail to compete at middle and long distances.
John Webb: A tenacious hunter, which served his journalism well
No young journalist had shown such impertinent audacity before, and most likely none will again.