... HUNTER ROSA HUNTER for many years wardrobe mistress at the London Palladium has died at Torquay. She had served under the late George Black and Val Parnell. She was 85. ...

... Brighton IN MEMORIAM JACKSON EARLE I Remembering our dear friend on his birthday (August 4th). Elsie and Eileen In Loving Memory of BILLY KENDALL (almost a conjuror) passed away 28th July. 1971 MAGGIE KENDALL passed away 31st Jan.. 1972 Will always be remembered by RON MILLIE WHITAKER August 5th, 1966 BILL scon GORDON My Bill. Always in my thoughts and in my heart PAT BILL SCOTT GORDON ...

... DUBAS HARIE DUBAS, the famous Pari- sienne music hall and Revue singer, dancer and comedienne, died on February 21. at the age of 78, after a long illness, in Paris. She had a lengthy career, covering more than 50 years, and retired in 1958. Her most famous number, which she wrote herself was Hon Legion naire introduced when she head lined the programme at the Al- hambra, Paris, in Hay 1936. ...

... Bronislava Nijinska BRONISLAVA NIJINSKA, the dancer and choreographer, died in Los Angeles on February 22, aged 81. Sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, she was born in Warsaw and studied ballet at the Imperial School in St Peters burg. After dancing at the Mar- yinsky for some years, she joined the 'Diaghileff ballet as solo dancer. For his company she choreographed several ballets, including Les Noces ...

... HARRY MORRIS HARRY MORRIS a former Scribe Rat of tha GRAND ORDER OF WATER RATS and partnar with hi* brother FRANK in the famoua vaudeville double-act MORRIS AND COWLEY died in London laat week-end. Ha leaves ons daughter PEGGY. Hi* broth or Frank Cowley survive* him, ...

... JOHN McPHlLLIPS FATHER John McPhillips, parish priest of Newcastle, Co. Down, and formerly of Carry- duff, Belfast, died on March 26. He acted as Catholic Chap lain to the Theatre and frequently entertained artists visiting Belfast. ...

... ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN, the well known American composer, con ductor and arranger, died, on September 28, at the age of 64, a* Westwood, California. He started his professional career, as a pianist, in 1934 and later composed many hit tunes, Including M At Last I am in Love. Among the Broadway shows for which he composed and conducted may be mentioned. Strike He Pink, Good New* and Loui siana ...

... FOSSETT JANES FOSSETT, who died on Feb ruary 6, at the age of 60, following a heart attack, at his home in Hen- ley-in-Arden, Warwick*., was a member of the well known Circus Family. He had appeared in circuses and Murie halls all over Great Britain ind the Continent. Deceased, who was buried on Feb- 'uary 12, at Henley-in-Arden, leaves >ne son and three daughters. ...

... GEORGE DUDLEY SMITH GEORGE DUDLEY SMITH, who used the stage name George Dudley, died in London on April 23, one month short of his 92nd birthday. He made his debut in a touring company of The Grip of Iron in 1902. He subsequently toured with Cap tain Kettle before joining Fred Terry's company, with whom he stayed until his service in the Army in World War One. He toured throughout the 1920s ...

... MARGARET WEBSTER MARGARET WEBSTER, who died in London on November 13, at the age of sixty-seven, came of one of the oldest of theatre families, the Websters, of whom Ben was her father. Her mother was May Whitty. She was the first British woman director to make a name for herself both in London and New York, and the first woman to direct at the Metropolitan Opera House, where she staged Don ...

... BOBBY BREEN, who died last weekend in the ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL, first came to notice as a featured singer with the JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCHES TRA In the late fifties, his work on conga drum adding further rhythmic impetus to one of the greatest British bands. When Dankworth broke up the band to concentrate on writing, Bobby Breen began a solo career which was wide-ranging in its scope. Still ...

... APOLLON DAVE APOLLON, the famous mandolinist, band leader, comedian and revue producer, died, recently, at the age of 75, in New York. Of the many American acts brought to the London Palladium, by the late GEORGE BLACK, during his regime, from September 1928 until September 1939, that of Dave Apollon was perhaps the most successful and certainly the most vociferously acclaimsd. The act opened ...