Sixty years of improvisational experience, gave Weir’s guitar playing an inimitable feel.
Articles on Obituary
Displaying 41 - 60 of 343 articles
The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.
The actor, singer, fashion icon and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has died at 91.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe was one of Australia’s best-known poets. Generations of students and colleagues benefited from his wisdom and generosity.
Rob Reiner, the celebrated Hollywood director whose diverse filmography was loved by a broad array of audiences, has died at 78.
Kinsella’s focus on consumerism, finances and the stresses of modern work made her books highly relatable to readers.
Frank Gehry, who has died at 96, leaves a powerful legacy, visible in many major cities, in the media, in galleries and in popular culture.
One of the most critically acclaimed playwrights of our age, Tom Stoppard, has died at 88. He assumed his audience was as well read and inquisitive as he was.
Tatsuya Nakadai, the last star of the golden age of Japanese cinema, has died at 92.
The radio broadcaster with the famous voice become synonymous with the ‘Sydney shock jock’ phenomonon.
The former senator rose to great influence during the Hawke and Keating Labor governments, but his career was also marked by controversy.
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
The former US vice-president is widely regarded as the driving force behind George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the US War on Terror.
Odinga escaped all attempts by his detractors to reduce him to an ethnic leader.
Odinga’s political personality contributed to the modernisation of Kenya’s political economy.
Odinga was both a remarkable figure and an embodiment of Kenya’s political contradictions.
In later life, Keaton found and created roles that continued to challenge expectations about how women can behave,
Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79. We were the richer for her creative life and are the poorer for her loss.
Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.
Nelson was ordained as the ‘prophet, seer and revelator’ of the Mormon church in 2018. He was 93 at the time.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
-
Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
-
Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
-
Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
-
Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland
-
Associate Professor of Music Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
-
Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender, Macquarie University
-
Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
-
Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary University of London
-
Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
-
Head of Film, University of Southampton
-
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
-
Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
-
Chancellor and Professor of English, Indiana University Kokomo