Obituaries
Screenwriter William Goldman a towering craftsman of the movies
Butch and a female companion riding a bicycle to the tune of Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head became one of the most memorable sequences in 1960s cinema.
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Sydney actor who played Frank Pickle in Vicar of Dibley
Bluthal was one of Spike Milligan’s collaborators since they had first met in Australia in the 1950s
Nanoscience advocate broadcast first TV in Australia
Hooke followed in the footsteps of his father, Sir Lionel, who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton’s voyage to the Antarctic in 1914 as the wireless operator on the Aurora.
Korean POW Gordon Harvey one our best RAAF pilots
The first Australian captured in the Korean war, Harvey was a prisoner of war for nearly three years - 45 days of it in a two by one-metre hole as punishment for escaping - and a little recognised participant in one of the war's most enduring controversies.
Energy scientist faced battle with haemophilia
That a haemophiliac could travel overseas let alone work there in the 70s and 80s was the result of ground-breaking work by scientists.
Creator of Spider Man and the Incredible Hulk
The idea for Spider-Man came to Lee in 1962 when he saw a fly crawling on a wall
Babs Beverley of the Beverley Sisters
The Beverley Sisters were the girl band of the 1950s, Britain’s answer to the Andrews Sisters in America.
Eleanor Witcombe: Her brilliant career
Malcolm Turned aged about eight looked up at her and asked: “Miss Witcombe, would you say as a playwright you are important?”
Richard Gill: a teacher’s teacher and a musician’s musician
Richard Gill’s indefatigable devotion to music was rewarded with probably the largest roll call of awards in Australian music history.
A pure model of public accountability
Though not a rich man, Ted Mack rejected a fortune in entitlements, thought always of the public good and put matters directly to his constituents.