Obituaries
Veteran of Australian broadcasting from the pre-television era
ABC announcer, producer and director Arthur Wyndham was remembered by colleagues as “a cool dude” and an open-minded, supportive boss.
- by Susan Wyndham
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Musician with Moody Blues and Wings was McCartney’s right-hand man
Best known as Paul McCartney’s foil in his post-Beatles group Wings, Laine played a major role in two huge chart-toppers.
A tireless champion of local artists
Bronwen Colman encouraged creators to imagine their work on the largest possible canvass.
- by Rebecca Townsend and Lauren Berkowitz
The sister Fidel Castro called a ‘counter-revolutionary worm’
Juanita Castro concealed documents in cans of food and set up a code system using a clandestine radio and the opening tune of Madame Butterfly.
The man who found 4000 fish fossils in a NSW country town
World-renowned palaeontologist Dr Alex Ritchie, who died last month, had a fan in Sir David Attenborough.
Acclaimed ABC producer broke new ground in TV current affairs
Patricia Barraclough elevated the quality and intelligence of programs such as This Day Tonight, Lateline and Australian Story.
- by Laura Tingle
Last surviving member of The Beatles’ rival band dies
Les Maguire was keyboardist with chart-toppers Gerry and the Pacemakers, the band that rivalled The Beatles during the early 1960s.
The acclaimed dermatologist known as ‘Little Stevie Wonder’
The story of Stephen Lee’s career is all the more amazing when the challenging circumstances of his early life are considered.
- by John Thompson
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dies at 100
Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse who served under two presidents, has died aged 100.
- by Reuters
Philanthropist Chuck Feeney, the quiet American
Chuck Feeney has died peacefully in San Francisco after gifting away most of his $US8 billion fortune earnt using his considerable business acumen.
- by Professor Jim McCluskey
Skills touched all aspects of product design
Richard Carlson’s Decor BYO wine-chiller and carrier was accepted as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- by Geoff Fitzpatrick