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Maureen Wheeler was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and moved to London at the age 20, where she met her future husband, Tony. They travelled from London through Europe and Asia, then on to Australia.
Lonely Planet's first book, Across Asia on the Cheap, [9] had 94 pages; it was written by the couple in their home. [10] The original 1973 print run consisted of stapled booklets [11] with pale blue cardboard covers. [12] Wheeler returned to Asia to write Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip, published in 1975 ...
The funeral space in the chapel was dedicated to Huntington in 1902 with the placement of a bronze tablet there. [40] The Mortuary Chapel was designed to be a place where funerals could be held. Over time, few funerals were held there. Instead, the public began using the chapel as a meditative space, and requesting to be buried inside it. [32]
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 12:08, 30 December 2024 (UTC).
Wheeler holds an engineering degree from Warwick University and an MBA from London Business School. [3] He was an engineer at the Chrysler corporation. After travelling across Europe with Maureen Wheeler, they arrived in Melbourne in 1972 and put out their first book, Across Asia on the Cheap in 1973. [4]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2022 within the period July–December. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.
Maureen Lehane, 78, British singer and music festival organiser. [313] Jack Leslie, 90, Canadian politician, Mayor of Calgary (1965–1969). [314] Grant McCune, 67, American visual effects artist (Star Wars, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Speed), Oscar winner , pancreatic cancer. [315]