Jack Karlson, who shot to fame after ‘succulent Chinese meal’ arrest, dies aged 82 | Queensland
Jack Carlson, who appeared in what has been described as Australia’s most iconic meme and immortalised the phrase “This is a democratic manifesto”, has died aged 82. Carlson, although there is debate as to whether this is his real name or one of many aliases, is a serial prison escapee and small-time criminal who rose […]
Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last surviving member of Four Tops, dies aged 88 | US news
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last original member of the beloved Motown group The Four Tops, died Monday at his home in Detroit. He was 88 years old. A family spokesman said Fakir died of heart failure surrounded by family and friends. Announcing his death on Monday afternoon, the family said it was “with heavy hearts […]
Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee dies aged 74, family says | US news
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, an outspoken advocate for African-American and women’s rights and a strong progressive voice within the Democratic Party, has died, her family posted on X late Friday. Jackson Lee, from Texas, announced last month that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment. She was 74, according to […]
Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86 | US news
Peter Buxton, the whistleblower whose work known as the Tuskegee Study exposed how the US government denied hundreds of black men in rural Alabama treatment for syphilis, has died. He was 86 years old. Buxton died of Alzheimer’s disease on May 18 in Rocklin, California, according to his lawyer, Minna Farnan. Buxton is revered as […]
Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73 | Bill Viola
Bill Viola, a pioneer in the fields of new media, video and installation art, has died at the age of 73 at his home in Long Beach, California. For five decades, his installations have found new uses for cutting-edge audio and visual technology, and his work draws on spiritual and philosophical traditions from both the […]
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, dies aged 89 | Movies
Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Chinatown” and considered one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, has died at the age of 89. Towne, a screenwriter whose other films “Shampoo” and “The Last Detail” were nominated, died Monday at his Los Angeles home surrounded by his family, a spokesman said, without disclosing the cause […]
Bill Cobbs, Night at the Museum and Air Bud actor, dies aged 90 | Culture
Veteran character actor Bill Cobbs, who became a wise-guy presence on screen into old age, has died. He was 90 years old. Mr. Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in California’s Inland Empire, surrounded by family and friends, said publicist Chuck I. Jones. The cause of death was likely natural causes, Mr. Jones said. A […]
Former England and Bolton defender Tommy Banks dies aged 94 | Bolton Wanderers
Bolton FA Cup winner and former England defender Tommy Banks has died aged 94. Banks, who played as a left-back, joined Bolton in 1947 and won the FA Cup with the Trotters in 1958, beating Manchester United 2-0. Banks was selected by Walter Winterbottom for England’s 1958 World Cup squad in Sweden, and went on […]
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Richard Sherman, songwriter for Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, dies aged 95 | Music
Richard Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning brother who shaped the childhoods of millions with such memorable songs as Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the most played song on the planet, “It’s a Small World,” has died. He was 95 years old. Sherman, along with his late brother Robert, […]