Kaija Saariaho receives the Polar Music Prize 2013 from King Carl Gustaf.
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The Finnish composer passed away Friday at the age of 70. She was someone of immense generosity, incisive knowledge and integrity.
Professor Barry Dwolatzky was passionate about innovation in all that he did.
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Many speak fondly of how Barry Dwolatzky took them into a derelict disco and enthusiastically explained the tech co-working space he envisioned there.
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The legendary singer has died at 83. Her performance practice exemplified fierce hard work.
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Disgraced Australian entertainer and artist Rolf Harris has died at the age of 93.
Martin Amis pictured at home in 2012.
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Martin Amis’s writing style was instantly recognisable: caustic and savagely funny with a sense of pathos. His death at 73 marks the end of an era.
Len Goodman on the red carpet for Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.
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The sparkle, camp and glam of ballroom days gone by was rekindled in Goodman’s cheeky quips and cheesy one-liners.
Harry Belafonte died at the age of 96.
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Singer, actor and activist died on April 25 at the age of 96. His legacy spans stage, screen and political activism.
John Tranter (1943-2023). Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown.
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John Tranter’s poetry was defined by his relentless desire to experiment.
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I met Father Bob Maguire as a young filmmaker in 1990. The words he spoke to me then still reverberate today.
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The Australian comedian has died at 89, after a career spanning seven decades.
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Some of the media response to the death of John Olsen has been to proclaim the late artist as a ‘genius’. He was more complex than that.
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Marcia Langton remembers Yunupiŋu: a magnificent person and a magnificent leader.
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An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan
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Trugoy the Dove was instrumental in shaping a type of hip-hop that was more experimental and sensitive.
A pop pioneer whose songs were performed by the great and good for decades.
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Pop composer Burt Bacharach died on Feb. 8, 2023, at the age of 94. He left a legacy of classic songs beloved by generations.
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Mountaineer and scientist Will Steffen said climbing was similar to science: “That’s the buzz you get in science when you solve a big problem and suddenly see how it all fits together”
Simmone Howell pays tribute to the life and work of ‘kind and hilarious gem’ Gabrielle Williams, acclaimed Australian author of young adult fiction, who died on Saturday.
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Renée Geyer, Australian jazz and soul singer, has died aged 69.
Jeff Beck performs on stage in 2014.
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Two guitar experts break down the techniques and creative expression that led Beck to be known as the ‘guitarist’s guitarist’.
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Pell, often described as a conservative Catholic, was jailed for child sexual abuse in Australia in 2019 but maintained his innocence and was acquitted the following year.