Obituaries
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious songwriter brought Disney movies to life
The framework of Mary Poppins did not exist until the Shermans got their hands on P.L. Travers’ beloved books about a magical nanny.
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The woman behind the success of Ray and Bert’s chat shows
Pat Lavelle worked with Mike Walsh, Ray Martin and Bert Newton in her long career as a TV producer.
- by David Mitchell
The lion behind Sikh generosity in Australia
Love motivated Ajmer Singh Gill, whose pivotal role in his adopted homeland spawned a community whose generosity has set the bar for people in good times and in times of distress.
Respected global folklorist, scholar and activist
June Factor’s dedication to folklore, particularly that of children, became a critical part of her identity.
- by Gwenda Beed Davey and Judy McKinty
Last WW2 triple ace pilot downed 16 German planes in dogfights
Dogfights, lasting only a minute or two, were spectacular bursts of marksmanship as well as airmanship.
‘Ivan the Terrible’: The rise and fall of a notorious Wall Street titan
Ivan Boesky, who rose to fame and fortune before heading to jail, was believed to have been the model for Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko, one of Hollywood’s most memorable villains.
- by Greg Farrell
We’ll remember you: Australian singer Frank Ifield
Ifield’s Confessin’ (That I Love You) kept the Beatles’ Please Please Me out of No.1.
- by Glenn A Baker
AM for services to education and the community
Alan Gregory was known as an outstanding teacher, who was published widely, mainly in economic education books for schools, and Australian history.
- by Lizzie Gregory and Christian Gregory
Australian music icon Frank Ifield dies aged 86
How big was Frank Ifield? At one point the Beatles played as his support act.
- by Glenn A Baker
Events director was creative genius at Mardi Gras, Vivid and Olympics
Jimmy & the Boys was an act so outrageous that Joh Bjelke-Petersen sought to have them banned from Queensland.
- by Glenn A Baker
Historian who put colonial frontier violence on the map dies at 81
Professor Lyndall Ryan was a leading historian who showed that rather than being rare, massacres were a key tool of colonisation in Australia.
- by James Bennett