From M*A*S*H to the Hunger Games, Donald Sutherland, who has died at 88, always sat well in the eccentric, peculiar or ‘quirky’ roles.
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The Australian photographer, who has died at 65, originally trained as a painter and brought a certain sensibility of the painter’s hand to her practice.
Walt Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman, who has died aged 95, wrote some of Hollywood’s greatest film musical songs.
I knew Steve Albini, who has died at just 61, as a kind, patient and accommodating engineer, committed to the truest possible representation of live sound.
With the passing of Paul Auster, the aesthetics of postmodernism retreated another significant step back into the past tense of history.
Remembering his immense contributions to psychology and economics.
Marion Halligan wrote novels that are compulsively readable and full of ideas.
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.
Mayat embodied principled, faith-based, socially committed, inspired leadership.
Granger, who died in December 2023, is credited with making avocado toast fashionable. Little did he know that his lasting legacy would inspire a meme that symbolized generational tension.
Former federal NDP leader and founder of the Broadbent Institute, Ed Broadbent, has died at the age of 87. His political legacy is a mixed one.
Glynis Johns, most famous for her role as the suffragette mother Mrs Winifred Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964), passed away last week at the age of 100.
The TV producer showed how storytelling can bridge divides and serve as a beacon of truth in a complex world.
Former Labor Leader and Governor-General Bill Hayden has died aged 85. Hayden is remembered for his role in establishing Medibank (later Medicare) and for leading Labor’s recovery after 1975.
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.
For Buffett, escapism was not merely some fiddling flight of fancy. It acknowledged the brutalities and indignities of everyday life.
Michael Parkinson, who has died at 88, demonstrated the art of the good interview night after night.
New Hollywood filmmaker William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, has died at 87.
Nigeria’s writer and professor of drama, Kole Omotoso, died on 19 July 2023 aged 80.
The jazz singer saw renewed success late in life on the back of collaborations with an eclectic array of artists.
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Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender, Macquarie University
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Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney
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Leader, Complex Systems Science, CSIRO
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Head of Film, University of Southampton
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
