Steve Ellis, frontman of Everlasting Love hitmakers Love Affair, dies aged 76
Singer hit No 1 with pop-rock band in 1968 and scored three more Top 10 hits with them, before solo career featuring collaborations with Paul WellerSt...
Juan Atkins, pioneer of Detroit techno sound, dies aged 64
US artist known as Model 500 and one half of the duo Cybotron had a huge influence on dance music worldwideJuan Atkins, one of the pioneers of Detroit...
Patrick Stewart, titan of stage and screen, dies aged 86
Star Trek: the Next Generation and X-Men actor died at his home after ‘a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia’Pa...
Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85
The Berlin-born actress had a gift for languages that took her to Hollywood, landing roles alongside Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Paul NewmanElke ...
Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96
Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workersSign up for the Breaking News US newslette...
Greens push for human override in aged care assessment after ombudsman’s scathing report into algorithm tool
Investigation recommends government changes legislation so staff assessing people for home support packages can correct the outcomeGet our breaking ne...
Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90
The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writerWalter Koenig, the actor known for playing Pavel Che...
Unreasonable and unfair: damning investigation criticises Labor’s algorithm-based tool for aged care
Report from commonwealth ombudsman finds ‘technological black box’ ignores transparency recommendations from robodebt royal commissionFollow our Austr...
Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79
Founding member of Planxty, Lunny went on to play for bands such as Moving Hearts, the Bothy Band and CoolfinThe Irish traditional musician Dónal Lunn...
Celebrated Irish musician Dónal Lunny dies aged 79
A founding member of three renowned bands - The Bothy Band, Planxty and Moving Hearts - he was widely credited for the revival and growth of Irish tra...
John Anderson, five-time US country chart-topper, dies aged 71
Florida-born singer-songwriter had major hits with Swingin’, Seminole Wind and Straight Tequila NightJohn Anderson, the traditionalist US country sing...
Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, dies aged 42
Kennedy taught in New York public schools and advocated for disability rights after suffering severe spinal cord injuryKyle Kennedy, the granddaughter...
RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad role, dies aged 34
Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representationThe Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte has...
Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56
Flowers, tried six times over 1996 murders of four people, faced execution before supreme court tossed his convictionCurtis Flowers, a Black man who s...
María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis‘Now is the moment’: housing activ...
Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70
Celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, Jackson crossed into the pop charts with the hits Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My Lady...
Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102
Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later lifeEva M...
George Fenton, Oscar-nominated British composer for more than 100 films, dies aged 76
Fenton’s successes include scores for Gandhi, Groundhog Day and 18 Ken Loach films, plus BBC TV news themes, Blue Planet and moreGeorge Fenton, the Br...
