November
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- Legal profession
Former attorney-general Tom Hughes, KC, dies aged 101
The former fighter pilot and barrister has been hailed as a leading figure in the history of the Australian legal profession.
- Maxim Shanahan
Music titan Quincy Jones dies at 91
The multi-talented producer created brilliant hits for artists as diverse as Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Snoop Dogg.
- Hillel Italie
Vale ‘one of a kind’ economist Geoff Carmody
Access Economics co-founder Geoff Carmody worked on economic policies for John Hewson, John Howard, Kim Beazley, Mark Latham, Tony Abbott and Steve Bracks.
- John Kehoe
October
One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from hotel balcony
Harry Styles’ former bandmate died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to Argentine media.
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- Brendan O’Boyle, Eliana Raszweski and Agustin Marcarian
September
‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ star Maggie Smith dies
The 89-year-old actress was a shining star in a generation that included Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave.
July
Martin Indyk, Australian diplomat who pursued Middle East peace, dies at 73
Raised in Sydney’s Castlecrag, the diplomat who helped steer Middle East policy under two US presidents, has died. “He’ll be remembered for his commitment to the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace, which in the end broke his heart.”
- William Branigin
May
A complex legend: Harold Mitchell farewelled by billionaires, underworld figures
Advertising guru and philanthropist Harold Mitchell has been celebrated as a “larger than life” but complex legend.
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- Patrick Durkin
March
Style guru and self-described ‘geriatric starlet’ dies aged 102
Iris Apfel, the interior designer, who has died aged 102, worked for nine US presidents, but was more remarkable for emerging as a fashion icon in her mid-80s.
February
The pioneering judge who revolutionised Australia’s courts
Andrew Rogers fundamentally changed the way commercial disputes were handled when he was on the NSW Supreme Court in the late 1980s.
- Michael Pelly
Lowitja O’Donoghue, ‘the greatest Aboriginal leader’
Indigenous trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue is being celebrated as a giant of modern Australia after her death at the weekend.
- Michael Pelly
Aboriginal rights trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue dies
Aboriginal rights trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue, who played a pivotal role in native title laws and was the first Aboriginal person to address the UN, has died.
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- Steven Deare
November 2023
Shane MacGowan, hard-drinking poet of The Pogues, dies
The singer melded punk with Irish traditional music and wrote huge hits in the 80s and 90s – but was also known for his on-stage meltdowns and drug abuse.
- Conor Humphries
November 2023
Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and Nobel winner, dies at 100
He was a pivotal US secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, who oversaw America’s involvement in and withdrawal from the war in Vietnam.
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- Tony Diver
- Analysis
- Opinion
Kissinger’s advice to aspiring leaders still holds
The arch foreign policy realist both intrigued and infuriated those around him and so many who have tried to assess his legacy.
- James Curran
Munger ‘ran a mile from win-lose deals’, says his Aussie ‘soulmate’
Charlie Munger last year made a personal investment in a holding company managed by Melburnian Charles Jennings’ Stonehouse Corporation.
- John Kehoe
Legendary investor Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger dies aged 99
The legendary investor, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, died at a California hospital.
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- Josh Funk
October 2023
Friends star Matthew Perry found dead at 54
Perry, once one of the biggest television stars in the world, was discovered after apparently drowning in a hot tub at his home in the Los Angeles area.
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- Tony Diver
Economic ‘giant’ Max Corden dies, aged 96
One of Australia’s most influential economists, he was the intellectual thought leader behind cutting tariff protection in the 1970s and ’80s to help deliver today’s economic prosperity.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- ALP
Bill Hayden had an ear for fun and a touch for political wizardry
Two decisions Bill Hayden made changed the course of Australian political history and one of them was a masterstroke for Labor and the country.
- Geoff Kitney
Vale Bill Hayden, a complex high achiever who helped shape Australia
Moody and often difficult, Bill Hayden played a major role ushering in reforms including Medicare, opening up the economy, and Australia’s engagement with Asia.
- Andrew Clark
