JazzObituaryHank Jones obituaryProlific jazz pianist and composer, he was a sensitive accompanist to Ella FitzgeraldThe great jazz drummer Elvin Jones, asked by JazzUK magazine in 2001 how it felt to be still playing full-on jazz in his 70s, simply pointed to the example of his older brother. The pianist Hank Jones, the first-born of the three jazz-playing Jones brothers, was 83 at the time and still playing with the same benign determination that had distinguished his work since the 1940s. Read More...
CanadaA friendly gardener and mall Santa, McArthur may also have been the worst ever serial killer of gay men. As Toronto police reopen 25 cold cases dating back to 1975, they are facing tough questions about decades of hostility to the gay community
When the biggest forensic investigation in Toronto history began, it was still possible to be blind to the full extent of the horror.
On 18 January 2018, in the mid-morning, Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old freelance landscaper, entered his Thorncliffe Park apartment building in Toronto, accompanied by a young man. Read More...
Hugh O’Brian said of Wyatt Earp: ‘I’m convinced that he was a thoroughly honest man, righteous and utterly fearless.’ Photograph: REX/ShutterstockHugh O’Brian said of Wyatt Earp: ‘I’m convinced that he was a thoroughly honest man, righteous and utterly fearless.’ Photograph: REX/ShutterstockTelevisionObituaryHugh O’Brian obituaryActor who starred as Wyatt Earp in the first TV western aimed at adultsThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, television’s first western aimed at adults, starred Hugh O’Brian, a rugged, 6ft-tall former marine drill instructor, who has died aged 91. Read More...