Macquarie Park, NSW.
Family, friends, and Lorrae’s beloved Vietnam Vets please proceed to Magnolia Chapel. Refreshments will follow in the function room.
Fans and general public please proceed to Palm Chapel.
All attendees must check in using the QR code – please allow time.
Lorrae has requested no flowers, so please feel free to donate to your favourite charity on her behalf, and for all attending to wear Sequins in her honour!
The following day, Friday 4th June, at 10.45am Lorrae will be laid to rest near her home town of Mittagong at Welby Cemetery, 60 Meranie Street Welby, NSW.
For those who cannot attend, the service will be live streamed – a link will be advised closer to the date.
Byelection humiliation a coal, hard lesson for Labor
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In the wake of Laborâs calamitous showing in the Upper Hunter byelection, youâd think Joel Fitzgibbon would be keeping a low profile (âFresh internal stoush for ALP over pro-coal visionâ, May 24). After all, NSW Labor followed his prescription for success â full-throated support for coal â and it spectacularly backfired. But no, heâs doing the rounds, still urging Labor to âwake up to itselfâ, back fossil fuels and ignore the need for a transition plan. Letâs not forget this is a seat Labor has never won. The eight-point fall in its primary vote appears to have come mainly from the loss of progressive voters, who moved to the independent Kirsty OâConnell, the only candidate advocating a move away from coal. Labor
Veteran showbiz star Lorrae Desmond, best known for
A Country Practice has died, aged 91.
Her death on the Gold Coast was announced on social media and confirmed by friends.
Dinah Lee said: “My beautiful friend and a true Australian Legend passed away today. We toured Vietnam together in 1967 and remained friends to this day. My thoughts and love to your family, friends and your many fans. Rest In Peace Lorrae Desmond.”
Desmond enjoyed a vast showbiz career including
The Lorrae Desmond Show, Homicide, Number 96, Arcade, Home & Away, stage musicals and cabaret, entertaining troops in Vietnam from 1967-1971, plus the Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya and Somalia.
The celebrated star of shows including A Country Practice and Number 96 was 91. Vale Lorrae Desmond, Shane Whithington, who played Brendan Jones on A Country Practice, wrote on Twitter. Enormous Heart. Enormous Talent. We all loved her. Lorrae Desmond with Gael Ballantyne. Desmond was much loved for playing Shirley Gilroy on A Country Practice from 1981 to 1992. Desmond alongside TV husband Brian Wenzel portrayed loveable opposites on the show, him as the straight talking cop Frank Gilroy and her as the colourful receptionist in the local medical practice. She appeared in 816 episodes in total on the iconic TV drama that won countless awards and was a huge success around the world.