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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1987

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

Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1987 · page 13

Kim Back, dearly loved comrade and friend, was killed suddenly in a bike accident on Boxing Day…

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Death of former Jewish Herald publisher

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 January 1987 · page 16

With the recent passing of Reuben Havin, Melbourne Jewry has suffered the loss of a man who played a pioneering role in the development of the Jewish…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 11 February 1987 · page 13

Comrades and friends of the CPA in South Australia were shocked and saddened by the recent death of Jim…

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OBITUARY Henry Scanlon's life of struggle

Tribune · Wednesday 25 February 1987 · page 10

Long-time Miners Federation stalwart and working class activist Henry Patrick Scanlon died in…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1987 · page 13

The death occurred at age 83 in Brisbane on February 15 of comrade Ethel Russell, a communist of some 45 years…

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OBITUARY Daisy Marchisotti -- 46 years a communist and activist

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1987 · page 15

From an early age, Daisy was aware that her great- grandmother had been a Black slave on the island of…

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death-throes of unity Analysis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 March 1987 · page 3

THE GOVERNMENT is collapsing. The question is no longer when it will collapse, but rather when it will finally stop writing and…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1987 · page 13

Jim Stevens, who died suddenly on March 23 had been a long-time activist in the Communist Party, peace…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1987 · page 13

Midge Bailes died on April 3, aged 87. She was married to Joe Bailes, a veteran communist and member of…

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Obituary Offensive

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 April 1987 · page 16

I am writing to express my dismay at your publishing two back page advertisements (AJT, 9/4/87)…

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Death Of A Salesman (USA 1986; dist: HoytsRonin; rt: 126 mins)

Filmnews · Friday 1 May 1987 · page 12

Arthur Miller has said that the first image to come to him in writing this play was that of an enormous face to the height of the proscenium arch…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1987 · page 13

Syd Hewett passed away in Sydney on May 5, aged 82. Syd didn't fit any mould. He was a dynamic person, loved…

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The death of a ‘financial superstar’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1987 · page 8

One month after the Yom Kippur War, Michael Tzur, who died last week of a heart attack at 64, joined several businessmen in calling on…

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Death of writer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 May 1987 · page 6

It is regrettable that no mention was made in your newspaper of the recent death of the Jewish writer/…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1987 · page 13

Arthur Williams died suddenly in Maroochydore on May 5, aged 73. Arthur, the son of a pioneer…

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Death of Shmuel Tamir, at 64

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1987 · page 8

Former justice minister Shmuel Tamir died on Monday of last week at his Herzliya Pituah home. He was 64…

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OBITUARY Farewell Watty Doig

Tribune · Wednesday 22 July 1987 · page 12

Born in 1900, Watty Doig left his native Scotland for Australia in 1927. Although not of a mining…

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Death of Activist

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 22

MELBOURNE: A son of the late and legendary Melbourne Jewish winemaker and…

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Death of ‘an institution’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 6

TEL AVIV. -Moshe Ish-Kassit, described as an institution by friends and acquaintances, was laid to rest last week. Before the burial, his…

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OBITUARY Pat Clancy -- An Outstanding Life

Tribune · Wednesday 29 July 1987 · page 13

Pat Clancy's sudden death in Bombay last week, at only 68, will shock the labor movement to which he…

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