Obituaries
Glenda Jackson, stage and screen actress – and MP
Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, was one of Britain’s most arrestingly forthright and abrasively intelligent exponents of the classics on stage and screen.
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Australian linguist was creative and wide-ranging
The optimistic and resilient Barbara Kelly was a unique individual – courageous, original, funny and out-of-the-box.
- by Nicholas Evans
From Norway to Perisher: Pioneer cross country skier dies
Kore Grunnsund left Norway for Australia in the 1950s and eventually became torn between his love for the two countries.
- by Henley Harrison and Kyrra Grunnsund
Can-do chemistry between Trevor Green, MSO musicians and staff
Trevor Green was a titan of international orchestral management, who made his home in Melbourne for 15 years.
- by Wilma Smith and Barbara Glaser
Art facilitator took recognition of Indigenous culture to new level
Bob Edwards facilitated great world exhibitions including Rembrandt, Picasso and history of the Pharaohs to come to Australia.
- by Jeremy Eccles
A journalist’s journalist who was obsessive about the truth
Robert Milliken looked at his own country in more and more depth, never intruding himself into the foreground.
- by Hamish McDonald and Max Suich
Local hero made a legendary impact
Teacher Dorothy Meadows has been hailed as a community legend because of her impact in many areas around Chelsea and Mordialloc, in beachside Melbourne.
- by Linda Meadows
Rale Rasic: coach led Socceroos to 1974 World Cup finals
Rasic took a ragtag bunch of part-timers to the greatest football event on earth.
- by Ray Gatt
Character actor in roles ranging from King Lear to A Country Practice
Baz Luhrmann described veteran stage and screen performer Ralph Cotterill as one of Australia’s finest actors.
- by Andrew Mack
The gay Christian ‘nun’ and satirist who became a queer legend
Satirist and activist Fabian LoSchiavo was active at the dawn of gay rights protests in Sydney.
- by Ken Davis, Georgia Keighery and Tim Barlass
Valued contribution to Australian design
An influential figure in furniture design and manufacture, Roger Putnam initially trained in interior design at RMIT in the early 1960s.
- by Geoff Fitzpatrick