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‘God bless you, Jimmy Carter’: Ex-president’s funeral provides rare moment of unity
President-elect Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama shared a laugh. Trump even shook Mike Pence’s hand.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies
Co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, and the man who begged Bob Dylan to go back on stage at Newport, Yarrow had been battling cancer.
- by John Rogers
Socialite dubbed ‘Bride of Wildenstein’ for extreme plastic surgery dies aged 84
Jocelyn Wildenstein embarked on her cosmetic odyssey to win back the affections of her billionaire husband, but her efforts proved counterproductive.
- by Telegraph Obituaries
Sheik of Scrubby Creek’s reign ends: Chad Morgan dead at 91
Tributes have begun to flow for Chad Morgan after the Australian country music great with the unmistakable smile died at the age of 91.
- by Laine Clark
How Jimmy Carter became the first rock ’n’ roll president
Jimmy Carter was a music fan way before he considered a career in politics, and it helped him pioneer a road to the White House.
- by Nick Galvin
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100
A Democrat, Carter served as president from January 1977 to January 1981, years marked by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘A legendary figure’: Nigel Buesst, filmmaker and educator, dead at 86
He may not be a household name, but the impact of Nigel Buesst as a maker, chronicler and educator in Australian filmmaking was profound.
- by Karl Quinn
Tributes paid to Crocodile Dundee star with ‘challenging personality’
Burt, a “one of a kind” five-metre-long saltwater crocodile, was best known for its brief but iconic role in the 1980s film.
- by Sarah Newey
Politicians from across the aisle farewell ‘man of conviction’ Kevin Andrews
Family, friends and former prime ministers have gathered to farewell Liberal Party stalwart and former defence minister Kevin Andrews at a state funeral in Melbourne.
- by Holly Hales
Michael Leunig, master of weaponised whimsy, found community in aloneness
For 55 years, Michael Leunig’s illustrations helped make sense of a sometimes crazy world. Now he is gone.
- by Karl Quinn
Gallery: Michael Leunig’s life in cartoons
An overview of Mr Curly and his ducks from The Age cartoonist’s celebrated, decades-long, sometimes controversial career.
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