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National
'Forces' sweetheart' Dame Vera Lynn dies at 103
Lynn toured Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, where ex-servicemen showed that their love for her remained undimmed.
Vale
Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies at 92
Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died on Wednesday. She was 92.
National
Generosity of spirit attracted lifelong friends
Andrew Burbidge committed his life to alleviating poverty in Australia. His immense generosity of spirit attracted lifelong friends, beguiled as they were by his wit and outstanding intellect.
Vale
Combustible but caring, Noel 'Ned' Kelly was a hard man with heart of gold
A member of the Australian, Queensland and Magpies teams of the century, Kelly was sent off 17 times and had his fair share of scraps. Yet he was an empathetic man awarded an OAM partly for his care of hospitalised former players.
- by Roy Masters
National
Generous mentor to two generations of scientists and physicians
Noreen Lehmann, the most senior of a group of talented women who made the Fairfield Hospital virus laboratory a powerhouse in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Ballarat. Her lifetime and career spanned modern clinical virology from the isolation of the influenza virus to the current pandemic.
- by Ian Gust and Margery Kennett
Vale
Vale Noel 'Ned' Kelly: beloved rugby league hard man dies
Less than a month after the death of fellow Western Suburbs legend Arthur Summons, rugby league is mourning the passing of a player who signed his first contract with the Magpies on a beer coaster in North Queensland.
- by Roy Masters
Literature
Admired academic and author became Herald's chief book reviewer
Hungarian-born academic, author and cultural adviser Andrew Riemer, who has died aged 84, enjoyed a 'second career' as a literary critic for the Herald.
- by Susan Wyndham
Art & design
Film pioneer unrelenting in the pursuit of right
John Barry Murray was a film director and producer who played a major role in reviving the Australian film industry in the late 1960s and beyond.
- by Scott Murray
National
Fashion guru also great benefactor to the arts
Peter Weiss helped engender a culture of giving.
- by Brook Turner
Australian Open
Tennis all-rounder netted four grand slams
Ashley Cooper, hailed by Roy Emerson as having no weaknesses on the court, became a tennis poster boy.