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Epidemiologist who led Australia through COVID dies aged 70
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who was diagnosed with a serious disease as she led Australia through the pandemic, died on Saturday.
- by Malcolm Brown and Tim Barlass
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Tributes for former Queensland premier Mike Ahern after his death at 81
Mike Ahern, the conservative politician who took charge of the Queensland government after the Fitzgerald Inquiry, has died.
- by Sean Parnell
Robbie Robertson, songwriter who helped remake Americana, dies at 80
Robertson, who left his Toronto home at age 16 to pursue his rock’n’roll dreams, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, aged 80, after a long illness.
- by Matthew Lewis
William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies, 87
“There was no CGI then. There was no way to fake it. I just put the pedal to the metal, and we went 90 miles an hour in city traffic” the director said of creating one of cinemas most thrilling chase scenes.
- by Lindsey Bahr
Mark Margolis, scene stealer from Breaking Bad, dies at 83
The prolific actor, whose simmering air of menace as the fearsome former drug lord Hector Salamanca transformed the innocent ding of a bellhop bell into a harbinger of doom, has died.
- by Alex Williams
Euphoria star Angus Cloud dies, aged 25
Cloud was best known for playing fan-favourite Fezco on the hit HBO show.
- by Osman Faruqi
Paul Reubens, actor who portrayed Pee-wee Herman, dies from cancer at age 70
The actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows has died after a private struggle with cancer.
- by Andrew Dalton
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When I met Sinead O’Connor, she looked like a monk who smoked Marlboro Lights
She wanted to rescue God from the church; she sang of healing and compassion and spoke for the voiceless. I loved her.
- by Julia Baird
Randy Meisner, founding member of the Eagles, dies at 77
With an astonishing vocal range, he was also “the sweetest man in the music business”, according to former bandmate Don Felder.
- by Hillel Italie
The night Sinead O’Connor took on the pope on television
Under the guise of being a pop star performing a song, O’Connor held court for three minutes on the miseries of discrimination and abuses of power.
- by Jon Caramanica
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Sinead O'Connor
We needed you, Sinead, the crazy-brave anti-Barbie
You were unfiltered, unapologetic. The news of your death this morning had me weeping in bed.
- by Michelle Griffin