September
‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ star Maggie Smith dies
The 89-year-old actress was a shining star in a generation that included Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave.
What giving four eulogies in four years has taught me
If you’re called upon to praise the departed, resist the temptation to deliver an obituary. Recount your own memories, and you’ll say what many are feeling.
- Matthew Gibbs
Corporate Australia mourns former BT boss Rob Ferguson
His Bankers Trust colleague Chris Corrigan remembered him as “an individual thinker with an inquiring mind, who never lost his curiosity about how the world works”.
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- Joshua Peach
Peru’s Fujimori, divisive head of a political dynasty, dies age 86
During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned.
- Marco Aquino
Man with the most recognisable voice in movies dies
James Earl Jones gave life to characters such as Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King”. He went on to earn Emmys and an honorary Oscar.
- Mark Kennedy
August
Vale Terry Snow, legendary property developer with a generous heart
The hard-headed businessman, responsible for much of modern Canberra, was also a soft-hearted philanthropist who loved equestrian horses and the arts.
- Michael Bailey
Canberra Airport developer Terry Snow dies
His biggest legacy was in property development and philanthropy, but his family also praised him as “a family man and a man who sought adventures”.
- Ronald Mizen
Leaders remember Rod Carnegie, the man who shaped Australia
Leaders from mining, business, politics and science gathered at St John’s Anglican Church in Toorak for the memorial service for business giant Sir Rod Carnegie.
- Andrew Clark
July
Martin Indyk, Australian diplomat who pursued Middle East peace, dies at 73
Raised in Sydney’s Castlecrag, the diplomat who helped steer Middle East policy under two US presidents, has died. “He’ll be remembered for his commitment to the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace, which in the end broke his heart.”
- William Branigin
Vale Terry Ingram, and a life observing in the Saleroom
Saleroom’s founding columnist spent 44 years reporting stories the industry wanted to keep quiet, including the art sale story of the century on Blue Poles.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
‘True giant’ Kevan Gosper, Olympic veteran and businessman, dies
The Olympic silver medallist, who was planning to go to next week’s Paris Games, gave Australia’s fledgling Olympic movement business-like governance.
- Michael Bleby
Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle
Sir Rod Carnegie soared across the corporate sky in the ’70s and ’80s but was thwarted in his attempt to secure full Australian local control of mining giant CRA.
- Andrew Clark
Tributes for Rod Carnegie, driving force for corporate nationalism
Sir Rod Carnegie, who had a major influence over Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91.
- Andrew Clark
June
Donald Sutherland, shape-shifting movie star, dies at 88
Sutherland’s chameleonlike ability to be endearing in one role, menacing in another and just plain odd in yet a third appealed to directors.
- Clyde Haberman
- Opinion
- Regulation
The man who made economic rationalism popular
Working out how to lower his household water bill set Professor Tom Parry on the road to lowering prices for electricity, water and transport in NSW.
- Michael Easson
May
Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ documentary director, dies at 53
The filmmaker’s career imploded after he acknowledged past incidents of sexual assault and harassment. The cause of his death was cancer.
- Brian Murphy
Ivan Boesky, convicted of 1980s insider trading scandals, dies
The rogue trader was believed to have inspired the character of Gordon Gekko, the rapacious villain played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 film Wall Street.
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- Greg Farrell
- Opinion
- Ireland
The day I predicted the downfall of Tony O’Reilly
Regarded for much of his life as the most successful Irishman in modern history, the industrialist’s charm wasn’t enough to save his business empire.
- Aaron Patrick
Sir Tony O’Reilly, the tycoon who fell into bankruptcy
He was an Irish rugby international and British Lion, the creator of Kerrygold butter, and a charismatic international business leader and newspaper tycoon.
- The Telegraph
April
Henri Aram: the 101-year-old market gadfly
A reforming pioneer in the investment advice industry, Henri Aram was also outspoken about the operation of finance markets and the behaviour of big corporates.
- Andrew Clark