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Our Loss – Eoin Cameron, Alan Young and others

24 June , 2016 Alan Young, Eoin Cameron, Gillian Mears, Janet Waldo, Our Loss, Reg Grundy, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Tony Cozier

Apart from Eoin Cameron our loss recently also includes Gillian Mears, Tony Cozier, Reg Grundy, Janet Waldo and Susannah Mushatt Jones who died aged 116.

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Arts & Entertainment Sports Years Ago 

June 2006 – 10 years ago

22 June , 20167 June , 2016 Aaron Spelling, Beverly Hills 90210, Blue Heelers, Cars, Charles Darwin, Charlie's Angels, Dean Koontz, Dynasty, FIFA 2006, FIFA World Cup, Football, Galápagos tortoise, Graham Poll, Harriet, Hips Don’t Lie, Husband, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker, Italian dive, Maneater, Montenegro, Nelly Furtado, Patricia Cornwell, Rhianna, Risk, Sandi Thom, Serbia-Montenegro, Shakira, Soccer, Socceroos, SOS, The Beagle, The Breakup, The Love Boat, The Omen, tortoise, Uruguay, X-Men – Last Stand, Yugoslavia

June 2006 saw the heartbreaking “dive” at the FIFA World Cup, Montenegro declared their independence and Aaron Spelling passed away.

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Arts & Entertainment Years Ago 

June 1991 – 25 years ago

15 June , 20165 June , 2016 Alan Rickman, Alexander Rutskoy, Antofagasta, apartheid, Berlin, Billy Crystal, Boris Yeltsin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bryan Adams, Chile, Christian Slater, City Slickers, Cocaine, Colour Me Badd, Croatia, David Ruffin, disasters, Dr Seuss, drug lords, drugs, Everything I Do I Do It For You, Extreme, flood, Fugen-dake, Grease Megamix, I Wanna Sex You Up, Jack Palance, Jack Wild, Japan, Kevin Cotsner, Kokkadichcholai, Kokkadichcholai massacre, Kosovo, La Catedral, Loves Music Loves to Dance, Macedonia, Mary Elizabeth Mastratonio, Mary Higgins Clark, Mayu-yama, Montenegro, More Than Words, Morgan Freeman, Motown, Mount Pinatubo, Mount Unzen, mud flow, Oh the Places You'll Go, Pablo Escobar, Paula Abdul, Philippines, Postman Pat, Rhythm of My Heart, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Rod Stewart, Rush Rush, Russia, Russian Federation, Sebia, Sebia and Montenegro, slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tamil Tigers, Temptations, Typhoon Yunya, Vladimir Putin, volcanic eruptions, volcanoes, Yugoslavia

June 1991 was eventful with volcanic eruptions in the Philippines and Japan, Russia’s first president, the collapse of Yugoslavia, and more.

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Arts & Entertainment Crime Years Ago 

June 1966 – 50 years ago

8 June , 20163 June , 2016 Bob Dylan, Claudette Fraday, Claudette Fraday Orbison, David McCallum, Fred Nauyoks, Hazel Tanis, Honduras, Hurricane Alma, Hurricane Carter, James Oliver, John Artis, June 1966, Muhammad Ali, Roy Orbison, Rubin Carter, Willie Marins

June 1966 saw Hurricane Alma and Rubin Hurricane Carter. Roy Orbison lost his first wife and someone tried to assassinate Calwell in Australia… and more.

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Arts & Entertainment Crime Sports Years Ago 

June 1996 – 20 years ago

2 June , 20163 June , 2016 20 years ago, 5th Aviation Regiment, 60 minutes, air crash, Bill Paxton, Blackhawk, Brazil, Corporation Street, disaster, Dustin Hoffman, Euro 1996, Football, Fugees, game consoles, Gene Hackman, Gerry "The Monk" Hutch, Helen Hunt, Independent Newspapers, IRA, Irish Republican Army, John Cusack, John Gilligan, John Grisham, John Traynor, June 1996, Killing Me Softly, Liz Hayes, Manchester IRA bombing, Mission Impossible, Nintendo 64, Press Freedom Award, Queensland, Rachael Weisz, reporter, Roberta Flack, Runaway Jury, Sao Paulo shopping mall blast, SASR, Sean Connery, Soccer, terrorism, terrorists, The Rock, Today SHow, Tom Cruise, Townsville, Twister, Veronica Guerin, video games, years ago

June 1996 saw the murder of Veronica Guerin, the Blackhawk accident, the Fugees, Runaway Jury, Twister and Mission Imposible and the release of Nintendo 64

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Arts & Entertainment Regional 

Euclideon virtual reality arcade opens in Southport

1 June , 2016 3D hologram, arcade, Euclideon, games, Gold Coast, Southport

The Euclideon cutting-edge technology allows you to walk into other worlds by simply putting on a belt and a pair of 3D glasses and moving around the room

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Arts & Entertainment How Bizarre Regulars 

10 films that nearly, or actually, caused stars death

31 May , 201618 May , 2016 A Clockwork Orange, Adrien Brody, Brandon Lee, Buddy Ebsen, Christian Bale, death, Diane Kruger, Dominique Dunne, Heath Ledger, Heather O’Rourke, Inglorious Basterds, Isabelle Adjani, John Sweeney, Malcolm McDowell, movies, Myca Dinh Le, Poltergeist, Possession, Renee Shin-Yi Chen, The Crow, The Dark Knight, The Machinist, The Pianist, The Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Wizard of Oz, Vic Morrow

Hollywood stars are frequently rewarded for going through major physical transformations for a role, but the prize may be death

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Arts & Entertainment Top Stories 

Johnny Depp abusive says Amber Heard

28 May , 201628 May , 2016 Amber Heard, divorce, domestic violence, DV, family violence, Johnny Depp, restraining order

Heard wants $50,000 a month from Johnny Depp after just 15 months of marriage

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Arts & Entertainment Years Ago 

May 2006 – 10 Years Ago

25 May , 20169 May , 2016 Bantul earthquake, Beach Road, Crazy, Da Vinci Code, disaster, earthquake, entertainment, Gnarls Barkley, Hips Don’t Lie, Indonesia, James Patterson, Java, Last Stand, Lusi, Mary Higgins Clark, Mount Merapi, mud flow, music, Peter de Jong, PT Lapindo Brantas, Rihanna, Ron Howard, Sean Paul, Shikara, Sidoarjo mud flow, SOS, Temperature, Tom Hanks, Two Little Girls In Blue, X-Men, Yogyakarta earthquake

May 2006: Indonesia davistated, the Da Vinci Code, Gnarls Barkley and more

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Arts & Entertainment Other News 

Documentary to share the Albert Borella story

24 May , 2016 ALbert Borella, ANZACS, Borella Ride, Documentary, history, Richard Borella, TV, Victory Cross, World War I, WWI

The remarkable story of Albert Borella has been immortalised through a new documentary Borella’s mysterious Aboriginal comrade known only as Charlie

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Arts & Entertainment Regional 

Dorrigo Theatre Funding

21 May , 2016 Bellingen, Dina Luciani, Dorrigo, Dorrigo Dramatic Club, Dorrigo Plateau, Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum, Dorrigo Theatre, Great Dividing Range, Luke Hartsuyker, New England Escarpment, Northern Tablelands, NSW, Old Gazette Theatre

The Dorrigo Dramatic Club successfully applied for the grant under the Government’s Stronger Communities Programme, which has funded equipment improvements.

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Arts & Entertainment Regional 

Bundanon added to Commonwealth Heritage List

21 May , 2016 Arthur Boyd, Bundanon, Commonwealth Heritage List, heritage, heritage list, Nowra

The Commonwealth Heritage List recognises places like Bundanon that have played an important role in Australia’s development as a nation.

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Arts & Entertainment Crime Years Ago 

May 1991 – 25 Years Ago

18 May , 20169 May , 2016 air crash, America, Amy Grant, Baby Baby, Backdraft, Bill Murray, books, Cher, civil war, comedy, crimes, Dallas, Daryl Braithwaite, disaster, Donald Sutherland and Robert De Niro, Dudley Reid, emigration, Ethiopia, Frank Oz, George H W Bush, Israel, J R Ewing, James Seipei, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jerry Musivuzi Richardson, Joy Ride, kidnapping, Kurt Russell, Lauda Air, Loves Music Loves to Dance, Mandela United Football Club, marriage, Mary Higgins Clark, Minnie Munro, movies, MUFC, murder, music, Nelson Mandela, Niki Lauda, Operation Solomon, Point Clare, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Dreyfus, Ron Howard, Roxette, Russia, Scott Glenn, Shoop Shoop Song, Soviet Union, Thailand, The Horses, travel, TV, USA, war, What About Bob, William Baldwin, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie Mandela

May 1991: Crash of Lauda Air Flight 004, Winnie Mandela, Backdraft, Dallas and more

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Arts & Entertainment Years Ago 

May 1966 – 50 years ago

11 May , 20168 May , 2016 5th Batallion, Alan Arkin, Babbara Hale, Beach Boys, California Dreamin’, Caroline No, Catholics, crime, crimes, Dellas Street, Doctor Zhivago, Earle Stanley Gardner, Errol Wayne Noack, God Only Knows, Guiana, Guyana, Ian Bradley, independence, IRA, Irish Republican Army, Jacqueline Susann, Mamas and the Papas, Manfred Mann, Moors murderers, Moors murders, Myra Hindley, Nui Dat, Paint It Black, Percy Sledge, Perry Mason, Pet Sounds, Pretty Flamingo, protestants, Raymond Burr, Rolling Stones, Sandra Harrison, Sloop John B, terrorists, The Russians Are Coming, Ulster Volunteer Force, UVF, Valley of the Dolls, Vietnam, war, When a Man Love a Woman, Wouldn’t It Be Nice

May 1966: Australia’s fist NS death in Vietnam, Moors murderers, Perry Mason, Percy Sledge, Beach Boys and more.

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Arts & Entertainment Our Loss Regulars 

Our Loss

10 May , 2016 Doris Roberts, Howard Berk, Kit West, Merle Haggard, movies, music, Patty Duke, Prince, Ronnie Corbett, TV, William SChallert

Prince, Merle Haggard, Ronnie Corbett, Patty Duke and others

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