Obituaries
Articles 11 - 20 of most recent articles
Irena Sendler
Social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw and was tortured by the Gestapo
Telegraph.co.uk – 11 hours, 59 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw and was tortured by the Gestapo
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Irish author Nuala O'Faolain dies at 68AP - Nuala O'Faolain, a journalist and feminist who gained international fame with her outspoken 1996 memoir "Are You Somebody?" has died at age 68 of lung cancer, just weeks after revealing her illness on state radio.
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Polish Holocaust hero dies at 98
AP - The family of a Polish social worker credited with rescuing 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis says she has died.
Yahoo! – May 12, 2008 08:56 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - The family of a Polish social worker credited with rescuing 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis says she has died.
Yahoo! – May 12, 2008 08:56 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Joyce 'Dottie' Rambo, 74; influential gospel singer, songwriter
Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off a highway and struck an embankment. She was 74.
Los Angeles Times – May 12, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off a highway and struck an embankment. She was 74.
Los Angeles Times – May 12, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Passings
Paul Haeberlin French chef of 3-star restaurant
Los Angeles Times – May 12, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Paul Haeberlin French chef of 3-star restaurant
Los Angeles Times – May 12, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Johnny Byrne: Writer of feelgood TV dramas
Johnny Byrne was a hugely prolific and successful writer for British television, but the Dublin tenement where he grew up, during the Depression and Second World War, was a thousand miles from the rural backdrops to the popular, feelgood television dramas that made his name. He was the lead writer and, eventually, script consultant on All Creatures Great and Small (1978-90), the long-running series based on James Herriot's semi-autobiographical books about a country vet, and the principal writer on Heartbeat, about a village policeman in North Yorkshire.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Johnny Byrne was a hugely prolific and successful writer for British television, but the Dublin tenement where he grew up, during the Depression and Second World War, was a thousand miles from the rural backdrops to the popular, feelgood television dramas that made his name. He was the lead writer and, eventually, script consultant on All Creatures Great and Small (1978-90), the long-running series based on James Herriot's semi-autobiographical books about a country vet, and the principal writer on Heartbeat, about a village policeman in North Yorkshire.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jack Gibson: 'Greatest ever' rugby league coach
Jack Gibson was arguably the greatest rugby league coach in the history of the game. The innovations he brought to the code during his long career with various Australian clubs made him indisputably the most influential mentor of his generation.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jack Gibson was arguably the greatest rugby league coach in the history of the game. The innovations he brought to the code during his long career with various Australian clubs made him indisputably the most influential mentor of his generation.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Baroness Michie of Gallanach: Lib Dem peer committed toScotland and the Gaelic language
On 31 October 2001, a small but important piece of history was made when Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, became the first person ever to take the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic. In doing so, she was true to her inheritance. Her father, Lord Bannerman of Kildonan, had spoken the first words of his maiden speech in the Lords in Gaelic.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
On 31 October 2001, a small but important piece of history was made when Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, became the first person ever to take the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic. In doing so, she was true to her inheritance. Her father, Lord Bannerman of Kildonan, had spoken the first words of his maiden speech in the Lords in Gaelic.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Nuala O'Faolain: 'Ruthlessly truthful' memoirist
The Irish journalist, writer and commentator Nuala O'Faolain last month caused something close to a sensation when she revealed in a tearful radio interview that she was dying of cancer. She told her friend, the RTE broadcaster Marian Finucane: "Beauty means nothing to me any more." The interview, which featured the often harrowing intimacy of much of O'Faolain's work, stopped many listeners in their tracks.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Irish journalist, writer and commentator Nuala O'Faolain last month caused something close to a sensation when she revealed in a tearful radio interview that she was dying of cancer. She told her friend, the RTE broadcaster Marian Finucane: "Beauty means nothing to me any more." The interview, which featured the often harrowing intimacy of much of O'Faolain's work, stopped many listeners in their tracks.
The Independent – May 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Roy Snelling, 73; expert on a mighty kingdom: the world of ants
Roy Snelling, an internationally renowned entomologist who turned his boyhood fascination with insects into a life-long study of the secret world of ants, wasps and bees, has died. He was 73.
Los Angeles Times – May 11, 2008 10:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Roy Snelling, an internationally renowned entomologist who turned his boyhood fascination with insects into a life-long study of the secret world of ants, wasps and bees, has died. He was 73.
Los Angeles Times – May 11, 2008 10:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
