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George W Brown obituary

Acclaimed medical sociologist who established the importance of social and environmental factors in mental illnessIn 1956 a letter arrived for George Brown. The Social Psychiatry Research Unit in...

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Bob Turney obituary

My friend Bob Turney, who has died aged 82, was a founder of Unlock, the national association for ex-offenders, which offers practical support to those seeking to escape “the long shadow” of their...

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Keith Thompson obituary

My former husband Keith Thompson, who has died aged 86, was an academic and horticulturalist specialising in the area of optimum harvest, and the packing and storing of fruit and root crops.Working as...

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Duncan Sheik obituary

US singer-songwriter whose 1996 hit song Barely Breathing led to composing scores for Spring Awakening and other musicalsDuncan Sheik, who has died aged 56 after suffering from heart failure, went from...

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Freddie Foreman obituary

Murderous gangland criminal who consorted with the Kray twins and was jailed for the 1983 Security Express robberyHe was called “the managing director of British crime”, “the mean machine”, “the...

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George Fenton obituary

Versatile composer of music in a variety of styles for stage, TV and film whose theme for Newsnight was first heard in 1980Names such as Ennio Morricone or John Williams inevitably spring to mind when...

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Ian Berry obituary

Photojournalist whose arresting images captured human disaster from Vietnam to Aberfan, and most notably in apartheid South AfricaOn 21 March 1960, a crowd gathered outside a police station in a...

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Stephen Shears obituary

My father, Stephen Shears, who has died aged 70, was an incredibly talented piano tuner. He was always in great demand all over the UK and was renowned for his old school ability to tune by ear, a...

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Trevor Jones obituary

My friend Trevor “Gypsy” Jones, who has died aged 82, was a notable figure in the progressive rock movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. Later he became a session music and record producer before...

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Philip Mitchell obituary

My father, Philip Mitchell, who has died aged 91, was a chemistry lecturer at Reading University and an active member of the Labour party.Philip was born in Stratford upon Avon to Freda (nee Peacey), a...

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Steve Jones obituary

My friend Steve Jones, who has died aged 77, had a working life devoted to humanitarian causes, with a particular focus on Bangladesh and India. In retirement he then dedicated a sizeable portion of...

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John Branfield obituary

My father, John Branfield, who has died aged 95, was an English teacher and novelist.His early books, including Flag in the Map (1960), Look the Other Way (1963) and In the Country (1966), were for...

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Letter: Penny Vine obituary

In Leeds in the early 2000s, Penny Vine and I used her “circle time” technique to bring together older people and primary school children in activities to promote mutual understanding and recognition....

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Peter Prince obituary

Author and screenwriter best known for the novel The Good Father, adapted as a film starring Anthony HopkinsThe writer Peter Prince, who has died aged 84, won the Somerset Maugham award for his first...

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Ada Yonath obituary

Nobel prizewinning biochemist who succeeded against the odds in mapping the ribosomeFor years, the crystallographer and biochemist Ada Yonath had to contend with the disdain and sometimes derision of...

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Eva Marie Saint obituary

Oscar-winning actor celebrated for her outstanding performances in On the Waterfront and North By NorthwestEva Marie Saint, who has died aged 102, made a lasting impression in two outstanding American...

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Michael Wynn Jones obituary

Businessman and magazine journalist who, with his wife, the cookery writer Delia Smith, saved Norwich City football clubThe businessman, magazine journalist and author Michael Wynn Jones, who has died...

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Bob Davenport obituary

Folk musician who recorded a succession of celebrated albums and shared the stage with Dylan and Baez at the 1963 Newport festivalBob Davenport, who has died aged 94, was an unaccompanied folk singer...

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Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare obituary

Bestselling author and Conservative politician whose scandal-ridden career ended with a prison sentenceJeffrey Archer, who has died aged 86, was irrepressible, though not necessarily in a good way....

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Jeffrey Archer – a life in pictures

Former British politician and bestselling novelist Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86. We look back at a varied and tumultuous careerContinue reading...

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