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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1980

29 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Death of Composer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 January 1980 · page 18

LONDON: Richard Rodgers, for many outstanding the American-Jewish com musicals has died, aged 77. poser, who wrote the scores mrsi in collaboration…

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Spears probes death of 'Superman' actor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 January 1980 · page 17

Jewish playwright Steven Spears, has launched a new production depicting the life of actor, George Reeves. Reeves, who appeared a the comic-book hero Super…

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Military funeral for admiral rabbi

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 January 1980 · page 16

NEW YORK: Rabbi Bertram W. Korn, the first rabbi named as an admiral in the U.S. Navy’s chaplaincy…

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Death of veteran education worker

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 February 1980 · page 20

One of the longest serving members of the NSW Board of Jewish Education Women’s Auxiliary, Fanny Landaues Robinson, died on January 25…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 13 February 1980 · page 14

With Eric Burhop's death in London two weeks ago, Australians have lost a notable scientist, the peace movement one…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1980 · page 14

Tribune regrets to report the death of June Connors last week, after a very long illness. In her private life she was devoted…

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Obituary

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 March 1980 · page 21

My attention has been drawn to the report in connection with the death of my Uncle, Meredith Myers…

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Death of a Hero

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 March 1980 · page 26

Outlaw as he was, Ned Kelly has always been a national hero to Australians, and since the 1940‘s Sidney Nolan has obsessively returned to the visual portrayal of the daring bushranger. The figure in square…

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Obituary

Tribune · Monday 24 March 1980 · page 14

Tribune regrets to announce the accidental death of Malcolm Williams, son of Val and Vic Williams of Sunshine. Val and Vic…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1980 · page 14

Norm Tuohy's death has robbed the left movement generally, and building workers in particular, of a comrade who will be sadly missed…

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Tito's Funeral

Tribune · Wednesday 14 May 1980 · page 2

Yugoslavia came to a standstill at 3.18 pm last Thursday as the coffin of Josip Broz Tito was lowered into the grave…

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Death of communal stalwart

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 June 1980 · page 16

Communal stalwart, Milly Bergman, passed away last Tuesday after a long illness at the age of 78…

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Judge's Funeral

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 3

Rev Michael Deutsch, cantor of Temple Emanuel, Woollahra officiated at the Chevra Kadisha funeral…

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Death of historian

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 28

LONDON: Professor Yakov Leib Talmon, one of Israel’s foremost historians and political philosophers died in…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 30 July 1980 · page 14

As a Queensland coalminer, as a State and national miners leader and as a communist, Tom Millar, who died in…

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Death of Sculptor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 July 1980 · page 21

Self-taught Melbourne sculptor, Joel Elenberg has died of cancer. He was 32…

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Death of a Sales-man a True Story

Tharunka · Tuesday 5 August 1980 · page 2

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 6 August 1980 · page 14

Those who mourned the death of Tim Slater in Adelaide last week felt both the loss of a comrade and pride in having known him. It was not…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 13 August 1980 · page 14

Ron Brown's sudden death has shocked us all. On the eve of his fatal heart attack he was in good spirits and with his life-long friends…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 3 September 1980 · page 14

Paddy O'Donoghue, of Noble Park, Victoria, an indefatigable working class fighter, died on August 16 of a heart attack,…

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