Sydney Obituaries
Sydney Obituaries
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Father Chris Riley
November 24, 1954 – August 1, 2025
Father Chris Riley devoted his life to a single conviction: that there is no such thing as a child born bad, only circumstances that rob young people of the chance to become who they are meant to be.…
Bob Simpson
February 3, 1936 – August 16, 2025
Bob Simpson was the granite-jawed, relentlessly competitive embodiment of Australian cricket at its most complete. Born Robert Baddeley Simpson on 3 February 1936 in the inner-Sydney suburb of…
Col Joye
April 13, 1936 – August 5, 2025
Col Joye — born Colin Frederick Jacobsen in Sydney on 13 April 1936 — was the man who put Australian rock and roll on the map. In 1959, when the local music scene was dominated by overseas artists,…
Julian McMahon
July 27, 1968 – July 2, 2025
Julian McMahon was one of those rare performers who made the leap from Australian soap opera to global stardom look effortless, building a career across three decades that spanned television, film…
John Laws
August 8, 1935 – November 9, 2025
John Laws — known across Australia as "The Golden Tonsils" — was the most listened-to, most influential and most enduring voice in the history of Australian radio. Born Richard John Sinclair Laws on…
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