Obituaries
Costume designer who worked with Charlton Heston, Sam Neill and Meryl Streep
Expressing boredom on the set of Antony and Cleopatra, Charlton Heston told Wendy Dickson: “Let’s go for a drive, instead”.
- by Tod Moore
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Photo turned Twiggy from gawky schoolgirl into ‘face of ’66’
Barry Lategan helped shape the image of one of fashion’s icons.
ABC broadcaster behind first coverage of Mardi Gras and Compass
From early on, media and public service had been in Vaughan Hinton’s DNA.
- by Noel Debien
Target for the wrath of conservative authorities
A personal reflection. Pete Steedman was a colourful figure in alternative journalism and Australian politics over many years.
- by John Sinclair
‘My heart is broken’: Nicole Kidman confirms mum Janelle’s death
She carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity, Nicole once said of beloved Kidman family matriarch Janelle.
- by Michael Idato
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Farewell to the incomparable Pete, a prankster and activist for the ages
Pete Steedman was a one-off in all his many pursuits: student activist, journalist, MP, promoter of Australian music, Labor man of the Socialist Left. We will not see his like again.
- by Tony Wright
Playwright with dazzling ability to reconfigure dramatic form
Jack Hibberd was recognised as one of our greatest dramatists, cutting through conservative convention to bring the Australian vernacular to the main stage
- by Peter Craven
Compassionate and commonsense therapeutic approach
George Szego brought powerful insights on the nature of desire, the trauma of migration and the long shadow of history’s worst genocide.
- by Julie Szego and Klara Szego
History teacher with lifelong commitment to public education
A great teacher leaves an imprint on the world like a stone thrown in a pond, the ripples spreading outward and leaving a legacy that each student keeps paying forward. No teacher embodies that more than Bruce Dennett,
- by Ben Pobjie
Qantas boss changed the face of air travel by introducing cheap fares
Former Qantas managing director John Ward has died after a long career in business and aviation.
- by Jim Eames
The feminist who made global news when she shackled herself to a bar
Merle Thornton’s famed protest in a Brisbane bar was a seminal moment in Australia’s feminist history.
- by Peter Craven