Friday 27 July 2012
Obituaries
Obituaries: the lives and deaths, careers, foibles and crimes of the good, the bad and the simply famous.
Latest Obituaries
General Sir David Fraser
Vice-Chief of the General Staff in the 1970s who wrote an admiring biography of Erwin Rommel
26 Jul 2012
Mary Tamm
'Time Lady’ who accompanied Doctor Who on his quest to help restore the equilibrium of the universe
26 Jul 2012
Donald Nicholson
Biochemist whose 'road maps’ of the body’s metabolic pathways were a boon for medical students
26 Jul 2012
Darrell Shaw
Outstanding amateur tennis player who developed an obsession for sports cars
26 Jul 2012
Viscount Davidson
Tory peer who believed that the Lords often represented the country better than the Commons
25 Jul 2012
Commander John Rigge
Naval officer who foiled a Nazi sabotage mission against the US at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic
25 Jul 2012
John Atta Mills
President of Ghana whose graceful behaviour in and out of office set an example to the rest of the continent
25 Jul 2012
Margaret Mahy
Prolific writer whose humorous, quirky fantasies delighted children and teenagers — and their parents
24 Jul 2012
Barry Bracewell-Milnes
Right-wing economist opposed to tax in almost all of its many and various forms
24 Jul 2012
Simon Ward
Actor who was on the threshold of stardom as Young Winston but had little appetite for fame
23 Jul 2012
Alexander Cockburn
Polemicist who called global warming a capitalist fiction and had a famous feud with Christopher Hitchens
23 Jul 2012
EV Thompson
Author of historical romances who took to writing after stints with the Navy and the Bristol Vice Squad
23 Jul 2012
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Hardline arbiter of Jewish religious law who possessed political clout in Israel
23 Jul 2012
Sir William Ryrie
Treasury high-flier whose 'Ryrie Rules’ made the case for Margaret Thatcher’s privatisation plans
22 Jul 2012
Angharad Rees
Actress who starred in Poldark, the Cornish saga that captivated the nation, and later became a jeweller
22 Jul 2012
John Percival
Influential dance critic who was at the heart of the power struggle that erupted at the Royal Ballet in the 1970s
22 Jul 2012
Peter Redhouse
Editor of the Today programme who rose to run the BBC local radio network
22 Jul 2012
Sir Alastair Burnet
Avuncular journalist and broadcaster who brought gravitas and style to News at Ten
20 Jul 2012
Herbert Breslin
Agent who helped turn Pavarotti into a superstar but later dished the dirt on him and other leading singers
20 Jul 2012
Omar Suleiman
Soldier, spy and eminence grise of Egypt’s Mubarak regime who twinned charm with menace
19 Jul 2012
Roland Shaw
Music arranger who worked with Vera Lynn and Mantovani and wrote scores for Tommy Steele
19 Jul 2012
Tom Unwin
Czech refugee who joined the Colonial Service and later tried to persuade Alexander Dubcek to defect
19 Jul 2012
Kitty Wells
Country music star who fought women's corner in song and inspired Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton
18 Jul 2012
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Angharad Rees
Actress who starred in Poldark, the Cornish saga that captivated the nation, and later became a jeweller
Simon Ward
Actor who was on the threshold of stardom as Young Winston but had little appetite for fame
Sir Alastair Burnet
Avuncular journalist and broadcaster who brought gravitas and style to News at Ten
Sally Ride
First American woman in space, who showed 'millions of little girls that they can be heroes and explorers'
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Pilot of vintage aircraft who also flew for British Airways and in Tornados during the First Gulf War
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