YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 2, 2016 5 DDP teams are awaiting a qo for Bobbie Heine Miller. And so we wait... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted August 2, 2016 Also fencer Joy Hardon died a few weeks ago. Surely another candidate for the amusing names thread 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted August 2, 2016 Here we go... 1905: Mary Whitehurst (Oldest person in Australia) BORN IN WALES http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/index.php?showtopic=1036&st=195 1908: Alfred Powell (Oldest man in Australia) http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/index.php?showtopic=1036&st=195 c. 1910: Loongkoonan (Aboriginal artist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongkoonan 1913: Edgar Britt (Jockey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Britt 1914: David W. Goodall (Botanist) BORN IN ENGLAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Goodall 1914: Moi-Yo Miller (Assistant to Dante) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi-Yo_Miller 1915: Mary Ward (Actress; Prisoner, Sons and Daughters) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ward_(actress) 1917: Henry Pearce (Liberal politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pearce_(politician) 1918: Sir John Carrick (Liberal politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carrick_(Australian_politician) 1919: Eric Aarons (Communist activist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Aarons 1919: Jean Burns (Aviation pioneer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Burns 1919: Eric Smith (Artist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smith_(artist) 1920: Bill Grayden (Liberal politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Grayden 1920: Peter Isaacson (Publisher and military pilot) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Isaacson 1920: Jack Pimm (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pimm 1921: Bob Dawson (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dawson_(footballer) 1921: Sir Rupert Myers (Academic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Myers 1921: Frank Prihoda (Olympic alpine skier) BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Prihoda 1921: Catherine Pym (Olympic fencer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Pym 1921: Charles Zentai (Alleged Holocaust perpetrator) BORN IN HUNGARY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Zentai 1922: Jack Eames (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Eames 1922: Geoff Mack (Country singer-songwriter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Mack 1922: Dame Margaret Scott (Ballet dancer) BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Scott_(dancer) 1922: Dudley Simpson (Composer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Simpson 1923: Vincent Ball (Actor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ball 1923: Dame Beryl Beaurepaire (Activist and politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Beaurepaire 1923: Tim Bruxner (Country Party politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bruxner 1923: Doug Everingham (Labor politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Everingham 1923: Jim Forbes (Liberal politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Forbes_(Australian_politician) 1923: Tom Hughes (Liberal politician and Attorney General) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hughes_(Australian_politician) 1923: Wally O'Connell (Rugby league player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_O%27Connell 1923: Carol Raye (Actress and singer) BORN IN ENGLAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Raye 1923: Keith Remington (Labor politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Remington 1923: Lou Richards MBE (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Richards 1923: Sir Ninian Stephen (Jurist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian_Stephen (BORN BETWEEN 1923 AND 1934): Wintjiya Napaltjarri (Indigenous artist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintjiya_Napaltjarri 1924: Edward Cassidy (Roman Catholic cardinal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cassidy 1924: Derek Denton (Scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Denton 1924: Margaret Fulton (Food writer and critic) BORN IN SCOTLAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fulton 1924: Walter Kaufmann (Author) BORN IN GERMANY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kaufmann_(author) 1924: Milton Morris (Liberal politician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Morris 1924: Sir Eric Neal (Governor of South Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Neal 1925: David Evans (RAAF officer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Evans_(RAAF_officer) 1925: Raymond Jones (Modernist architect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Jones_(architect) 1925: Sir Anthony Mason (Judge) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mason_(judge) 1926: Keith Adams (Filmmaker) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Adams_(filmmaker) 1926: Jock Aird (Association footballer) BORN IN SCOTLAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_Aird 1926: Ken Albiston (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Albiston 1926: Frank Allen (Rules football player) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Allen_(Australian_footballer) 1926: Ted Allsopp (Olympic track and field athlete) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Allsopp 1926: Leonard Faulkner (Roman Catholic bishop) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Faulkner 1926: Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal politician) BORN IN NORTHERN IRELAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Guilfoyle 1926: Olga Horak (Holocaust survivor and writer) BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Horak 1926: George Johnson (Artist) BORN IN NEW ZEALAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Johnson_(artist) 1926: Basil Rigg (Cricketer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rigg Any additions welcome! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted August 3, 2016 With The Guardian looking to expand Australian readership a lot of the above might be able to get qualifying DDP Obits when they otherwise wouldn't in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted August 6, 2016 It turns out that former Australian newsreader and This is Your Life host Roger Climpson is still going. I knew he had cancer some years ago but he must have defeated it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Climpson Another one I thought of is sports newsreader and race caller Peter Sharp who must be well into his 80s by now: http://www.afltashalloffame.com.au/inductees/237-peter-sharp/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted August 8, 2016 Midget Farrelly First ever winner of the Worlds Surfing Championship is dead at age 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 14, 2016 5 DDP teams are awaiting a qo for Bobbie Heine Miller. And so we wait... Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/14/bobbie-heine-miller-south-african-tennis-player--obituary/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted August 16, 2016 Jim Maxwell takes ill on air: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-16/jim-maxwell-hospitalised/7746980 Some sources are saying he had a heart attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted August 19, 2016 One for deadpools with less strict Qualifying obit criteria (don't all go looking at Maryport all at once) but an Australian columnist called Jack The Insider has Stage III bladder cancer. I'd assume The Insider isn't his actual surname, but then, it is Australia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 19, 2016 One for deadpools with less strict Qualifying obit criteria (don't all go looking at Maryport all at once) but an Australian columnist called Jack The Insider has Stage III bladder cancer. I'd assume The Insider isn't his actual surname, but then, it is Australia. Insider would be his surname and The his middle name. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 20, 2016 One for deadpools with less strict Qualifying obit criteria (don't all go looking at Maryport all at once) but an Australian columnist called Jack The Insider has Stage III bladder cancer. I'd assume The Insider isn't his actual surname, but then, it is Australia. Insider would be his surname and The his middle name. Quick research shows surprisingly that Insider IS his surname, but that his real first name is Idliketoget. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,594 Posted September 4, 2016 Richard Neville, co-creator of Oz magazine, dead aged 74. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted September 4, 2016 Richard Neville, co-creator of Oz magazine, dead aged 74. That was quick; they must have had that obit ready. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 5, 2016 Online Oz available here if anyone wants... http://ro.uow.edu.au/ozlondon/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 5, 2016 Thoughts with the other four members of 5ive at this difficult time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 281 Posted September 5, 2016 A bit late - the Battle of Barnet was in 1471. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted September 11, 2016 Australian sports commentator Norman May has died aged 88: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/norman-may-dead-aged-88-20160911-grdnfa.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted September 27, 2016 Breaking news: Max Walker dead!!! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-28/former-australian-cricketer-max-walker-dies/7883808 UPDATE: Prostate cancer got him, according to the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3810814/Cricket-legend-Max-Walker-dies-aged-68-battle-prostate-cancer.html UPDATE AGAIN: Kerry O'Keefe claims it was melanoma. (Not sure who I trust least out of O'Keefe and Daily Mail). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted September 28, 2016 Breaking news: Max Walker dead!!! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-28/former-australian-cricketer-max-walker-dies/7883808 UPDATE: Prostate cancer got him, according to the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3810814/Cricket-legend-Max-Walker-dies-aged-68-battle-prostate-cancer.html UPDATE AGAIN: Kerry O'Keefe claims it was melanoma. (Not sure who I trust least out of O'Keefe and Daily Mail). If only it was another m walker. Then it would truly be a celebration Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted September 28, 2016 Full obit for Max here on the Age website. As per Richard Neville above, they must have known he was dying to have this ready so quickly: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/max-walker-dead-at-68-20160924-grnplu.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted September 29, 2016 Breaking news: Max Walker dead!!! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-28/former-australian-cricketer-max-walker-dies/7883808 UPDATE: Prostate cancer got him, according to the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3810814/Cricket-legend-Max-Walker-dies-aged-68-battle-prostate-cancer.html UPDATE AGAIN: Kerry O'Keefe claims it was melanoma. (Not sure who I trust least out of O'Keefe and Daily Mail). It turns out they were both wrong. It was blood cancer: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/max-walker-died-of-myeloma-not-melanoma/7888012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted October 3, 2016 I saw a few days ago that Ernie Sigley (apparently he's a TV presenter and huge in Australia) was "seriously ill". Well, now it's come out he's got Alzheimer's, and the Daily Mail are covering it for future reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 3, 2016 I saw a few days ago that Ernie Sigley (apparently he's a TV presenter and huge in Australia) was "seriously ill". Well, now it's come out he's got Alzheimer's, and the Daily Mail are covering it for future reference. Thanks for that. "apparently he's a TV presenter and huge in Australia" - More or less. He hasn't been on TV much in a long time. I have never really watched him but it probably depends on which part of Australia you live in. He was doing Melbourne local radio more recently. He's definitely a household name though. He's most well-known nationally these days for his comedy/music work with Denise Drysdale on the cabaret circuit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted October 6, 2016 Very sad news this morning that one of Australia's best sport's broadcasters, Rebecca Wilson, has died of breast cancer aged 54. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/sports-journalist-rebecca-wilson-dead-at-54-20161006-grwtt9.html Certainly one of the most prominent and well-liked media commentators from the last decade in Australia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted October 7, 2016 Any of our convict comrades hear anything about Ross Higgins these days?No, he is never mentioned in the media. Don't know what that may say about his state of health. Well, they say kind things now he is dead. He was 85/86 (depending on source). http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/kingswood-country-star-ross-higgins-dead-aged-86/7913758 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
