The much-loved US entertainment presenter hosted his regular segment just hours before his death.
Steve Albini engineered albums like Nirvana’s In Utero,but took no royalties from it and railed against the music industry.
Jones was lead singer of Jimmy and the Boys and went on to direct some of Sydney’s leading arts festivals.
Hill made 246 first-grade appearances during spells at Manly,Wests Tigers,Western Suburbs,Eastern Suburbs and Souths.
The Victorian premier told mourners at Twentyman’s state funeral that the eulogy was typical of a man who always “downplayed the enormous difference he made”.
Jack Clarke,the Cricket Australia chair who oversaw the introduction of the Big Bash League and a major overhaul of the governing body’s board of directors,has died in Adelaide.
The 44-year-old is reported to have suffered a medical episode while walking his dog.
Described as “one of Melbourne’s big characters”,Twentyman was known for his work with at-risk young people – particularly in the western suburbs. He was 76.
Mourners remembered Baird’s humour,sense of joy and love for his friends and family in an emotional memorial service in Melbourne.
Described by ARLC chair Peter V’landys as ‘quite simply a doyen of rugby league journalism’,the former Sun-Herald columnist and author had been battling a long illness.
Michael O’Shea led the Australian Workers Union during the bitter dispute over shearing equipment during the 1980s.