Find A Grave - Macquarie Park Cemetery

Guest, Rob (Robert John) b. July 17, 1950 d. October 2, 2008
Actor, Prolific Stage Entertainer and Pop Singer. Grew up in New Zealand after emigrating from England. Became one of New Zealand's Pop idols in the 1970s, on shows like "Happen in". He then moved to Australia to try his hand at Musical theater. He was the longest running Phantom of the Opera performing 2,289 in the roll of the Phantom. He was also well known as the lead in "Le Misarables" in Australia and New Zealand. Guest was playing in the Australia production of "Wicked", when he had a...[Read More] (Bio by: Jeff J)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hughes, William Morris b. September 25, 1862 d. October 28, 1952
Australian Prime Minister. Born in London, England, he moved to Australia at the age of twenty-two. He did odd jobs to make a living including umbrella mending and working as a galley hand on a coastal steamer. He became a member of the Australian Socialist League and soon was one if its most famous speakers. His popularity as a speaker led him to politics where he was elected to the Parliament in 1901. He became Prime Minister as a member of the Labor Party from 1915 to 1916. One of his first...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Longford, Raymond b. September 23, 1878 d. April 2, 1959
Actor, Motion Picture Producer. He was born John Walter Longford in Melbourne, Australia. He was one of Australia's first and most successful actors and film directors. He, along with Lottie Lyell, made a major impact in the Australian film industry, with their most famous work being the 1919 movie "The Sentimental Bloke". His work as a film maker is honored each year when the Australian Film Association presents the "Raymond Longford Award". After his death, his wife arranged for him to be...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lyell, Lottie b. February 23, 1890 d. December 21, 1925
Actress. Born Lottie Edith Cox in Sydney Australia, she became that country's first true motion pictyre star. She appeared in twenty films from 1911 to 1919 including "Captain Midnight", The Bush King" and her most famous film, "The Sentimental Bloke". After 1919 her film making was drastically cut back so she could fight the tuberculosis that eventually took her life at a young age. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
May, Ricky b. 1944 d. June 1, 1988
Entertainer: A native of Auckland, New Zealand he came to Australia in 1962 where he became a famous recording star. He was famous for his cabaret style singing and free stlye "scatting". Twice he starred in his own television series. In 1979 he was named the "Australian Entertainer of the Year". An award is given in his name annually for the best television performance of an original song. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
O'Keefe, Johnny b. January 19, 1935 d. October 6, 1978
Entertainer. Born in Sydney he was dubbed "Australia's King of Rock and Roll". He had more Top 40 hits than any other Australian recording artist. From 1958 to 1975 he had five number one hits, eight others in the top ten and recorded sixty-five albums. He was the first Australian artist to have a recording contract, the first to have his own national radio show and the first Australian to host his own weekly national television show. His 1959 hit "Shout" is the "Australian Rock-n-Roll National...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Shanks, Donald b. July 5, 1940 d. April 8, 2011
Opera Singer. He shall be remembered for numerous bass roles both comic and serious. Raised in Queensland, he learned to sing in church choirs, made his professional bow in a 1964 Opera Australia production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado", then was to remain with that Sydney-based company throughout his 40-year career. Shanks' signature pieces were to be comedic, Dr. Bartolo from Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" and the title lead of Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" though he portrayed a wide...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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