Hugh Hefner died on September 27th
WHENEVER Hugh Hefner mentioned that his strict Methodist mother had wanted him to be a missionary, he got a big laugh. He got a bigger …
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Stanislav Petrov was declared to have died on September 18th
OVER the years, Stanislav Petrov got used to those telephone calls. Typically they would come at night or at the weekend, just as he was …
Peter Hall died on September 11th
WHEN he was preparing a Shakespeare play-always with love and awe, though it might be for the 20th time-Peter Hall would mutter it to himself …
Nancy Dupree died on September 10th
Her task was one she would never have started on, had she not fallen crazily in love with that poor, war-ravaged, beautiful land. She was …
Obituary: Richard “Dick” Gregory died on August 19th
That changed at the Playboy Club in Chicago in January 1961. The young man took the wrong bus, and ran 20 blocks in shoes cold-proofed …
Wayne Lotter was killed on August 16th
NO LANDSCAPE was dearer to Wayne Lotter than the savannah of southern Africa, and in particular one corner of it, the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor round …
Bruce Forsyth died on August 18th
He was a lovely dancer. You can always tell a dancer by his walk: feet turned out. No, dear, I don’t mean sissy, though I …
Heather Heyer died on August 12th
She shed tears about it, too. A Facebook post or a news item would set her off at the computer, even at work. She cried …
Jeanne Moreau died on July 31st
She said it again when her father, a few years later, tried to stop her being an actress by calling her a and slapping her …
Dr G. Yunupingu died on July 25th
THE shoreline was where it began. This was where Baru, his totemic animal, the saltwater crocodile, wandered and danced in the Dreamtime. Baru sang the …