Obituaries
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Professor Richard Darwin Keynes
Scientist who studied nerve impulses and the voyages of his illustrious ancestor Charles Darwin
09 Jul 2010
Norman Hutchinson
Entertaining if exasperating artist who grew up in an orphanage of the Raj but went on to paint the Queen
09 Jul 2010
Marquis de Saint Phalle
Free French fighter pilot who flew more than 100 missions against the Luftwaffe on the Russian front
09 Jul 2010
Hilly Kilmarnock
Vivacious wife of Kingsley Amis who bore his infidelities but thought Lucky Jim would be a flop
08 Jul 2010
Ian Mathieson
Surveyor and archaeologist who used sound waves and radar to excavate an ancient Egyptian necropolis
08 Jul 2010
The Reverend Peter Millam
Falklands chaplain who helped to secure the safe release of 26 passengers aboard a hijacked airliner
08 Jul 2010
Col Robin Evelegh
Commander in Northern Ireland who analysed Army tactics in the Troubles
08 Jul 2010
Hermione Sandwith
Driven conservator who revolutionised the National Trust's attitude to the treasures in its care
07 Jul 2010
Bekim Fehmiu
Actor who emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to star in Hollywood and later opposed the Balkan Wars
07 Jul 2010
Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Edwards
Gunner who was awarded the MC for winning one of the first duels with the 'invincible' German Tiger tank
07 Jul 2010
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Featuring a founder of Greenpeace, a World Cup winner with Der Mannschaft, and a hip-hop illuminator
07 Jul 2010
Ursula Thiess
Actress who gave up stardom for her family after being voted 1952's best film prospect with Marilyn Monroe
06 Jul 2010
Edward Lyons
Labour MP who withstood attacks from Militant Tendency but despaired of the hard Left and joined the SDP
06 Jul 2010
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Air Commodore Pat Kennedy
Decorated pilot who led the airborne hunt for jungle PoW camps in the Dutch East Indies
Wing Commander 'Ronny' Rotheram
Bomber pilot who hunted submarines and once escaped two Me109s while flying on a single engine
Abu Daoud
Black September leader who plotted the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
Amedeo Guillet
Italian adventurer and guerrilla fighter who led the last cavalry charge faced by the British Army
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Featuring a Lancaster bomber pilot, a Muslim scholar who challenged the Koran, and the voice of Cinderella
06 Jul 2010
Geoffrey Dutton
Scientist, poet, mountaineer and wild-water swimmer who was one of gardening's finest writers
05 Jul 2010
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Fadlallah
Shia cleric of paradoxical views who was revered in the Islamic world but considered a terrorist in the West
05 Jul 2010
Alf Carretta
Pensioner who led the Zimmers pop group to chart success and made a serious point about care for the old
04 Jul 2010
Commander Henry Hatfield
Gunner who accidentally shelled an Italian cathedral and later published a photographic guide to the Moon
04 Jul 2010
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Eccentric writer who drew on her own family life in novels that entwined laughter and violence
02 Jul 2010
Jim Marshall
Photographer who captured the personalities of rock and roll, from the Beatles and Hendrix to The Cult
01 Jul 2010
The Very Reverend Neil Collings
Priest who served his various flocks with energy, enthusiasm and charm
01 Jul 2010
Rudolf Leopold
Controversial art collector who championed Egon Schiele but was accused of buying looted work
30 Jun 2010
Flight Lieutenant Howard Farmiloe
Airman who narrowly made it back from a bombing raid on Berlin after losing two of his four engines
30 Jun 2010
Dick Uren
Sportsman who played rugby for England and golf for his county while helping to run the family firm
30 Jun 2010
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30 Jun 2010
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