... Obituary Richard Hearne RICHARD HEARNE. the beloved Mr Pastry, died peacefully, at the age of 70. on August 24 following a heart attack at his home in Bearsled. Kent Born at Norwich on January 30. 1909, Richard was the son of Frederick and Ida Hearne. both of whom were the third generation of music hall and circus performers His father owned and headed the Crazy Kirks, comedy cycling act. ...

... ALBERT MODLEY ALBERT MODLEY. famous North Country comadian, diad racantly. agad 7S. Ha mada hi* dabut in Cone art Party at tha Hippodroma. Moracamba in Faferuary 1930. Two months latar ha mada hia first London appaaranca at tha London Muaic Hall in Shoraditch as ona of 'Tha Two Eddiaa. For four yaars. from 1931-4, ha playad Enoch to Harry Morris's Mr Lovajoy In Arcadian Folliaa. Ha was ...

... FORMER MAGICIAN Nelson Meredith has died at the age of 87. A fine showman, he was well known during the twenties and thirties for the floating and whirling table, which he made the centrepiece of his act. He retired from the magic scene 17 years ago. ...

... ALICE DELYSIA. who died last month in her 90th year, was a commanding musical comedy and revue star when such artists had a unique sway with the public She was beautiful, knew all the tricks of creating glamour, and. in her best years, appeared under the banner of C. B CochrSn She was an artist of considerable talent and a performer with a remarkably supple technique She was generous towards ...

... Roddy McMillan SCOTS actor Roddy McMillan has died. Aged 56, he died on Monday this week at his home in Glasgow only months after his work had been acknowledged by the award of an OBE. In television his appearances, es pecially in tough parts, were many. for both BBC and ITV. He will be particularly remembered in the BBC series Sutherland's Law, in STV's Enemy of the People and in Thames's ...

... AMONG the actresses of the last half century who. although not reaching greatness or touching memorable achievement, have been outstanding with their distinctive talent and fascination of personality, one numbers highly CATHERINE LACEY. who died on September 20. aged 75, at Denville Hall She played every part with the imagination and sensibility of a true artist and the technique and style of ...

... Sonny Jenks SONNY JENKS. acknowledged as one of the best post-war dame comedians in pantomime, died on December 8 aged 66. Born in Birmingham, he was in the busi ness for 40 years, beginning as a pub entertainer in and around his native city. In addition to his pantomime work, he was known for his ex tensive tours in musical comedy for Emile Littler, particularly in The Maid of the Mountains ...

... JACK CURRIE (Rob), musician (sax and clarinet) of Glasgow and London Born March 1 1904 died September 9 1978 Loved and much missed by family and friends In memory of KAY KENDALL Twenty years on. but still remembered and very muet> missed Always in my thoughts ...

... PENNY DYER, who died in Guernsey on May 26, trained originally in cos tume design but will be chiefly remembered as a stage manager, at the Q Theatre, at the Arts with Alec Clunes. for Laurier Lister Productions, the Lyric Revues, on tour with Joyce Grenfell and, more recently, in reper tory in Guernsey and Guildford. It was while working at the Yvonne Arnaud that she met her second husband, ...

... BORIS TUMARIN. actor, director and teacher has died aged 6f} in New York. Born in Riga Latvia. Tumarin came to New York in 1939 and was successful in several Broadway plays In 1 944 he was co-founder of the Juillard School Theatre Centre in New York and remained there as producer and head teacher for some 30 years. PAUL MEURISSE, the French film and stage actor, died on January 1 9, after a ...

... THE death of IAN PURVIS tn the South of France last month (April) will cause great sadness to those who remember him as one of London's most charming and enterprising theatrical publicists Ian, who was 63. was a link with the legendary publicists of the past Macqueen-Pope, Inky'' Stevens, and George Fearon whom he looked on as his mentor He started his own PR firm in 1951, and for six years ...

... PHILIP HOPE -WALLACE, who died on September 3. aged 67, was one of the finest dramatic critics of his time and one of the best to make an impression in this century. He was an intellectual yet humane, a writer with a light touch yet penetrating, a seemingly casual observer and com mentator yet deeply involved in his work. He took great pains to engage the attention of his readers for the sake ...