Roy Terry obituary
My friend Roy Terry, who has died aged 81, was a conductor, musical director, educationist and writer who played a key role in the development of brass bands in Britain and France during the past 30...
View ArticleAngela Myers obituary
My mother, Angela Myers, who has died aged 85, was a teacher, a lay preacher in the Church of England, a writer and an avid reader of books.Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and brought up mainly in...
View ArticleMichael Lerner obituary
US character actor who won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the studio boss Jack Lipnick in the 1991 film Barton FinkMichael Lerner, who has died aged 81, was a versatile character actor whose...
View ArticleDame Mary Quant, 1960s fashion queen – a life in pictures
The designer of the iconic miniskirt that epitomised the swinging 60s has died aged 93• Full story: Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant diesContinue reading...
View ArticleDame Mary Quant obituary
Designer who revolutionised British fashion in the 1960sThe fashion designer Mary Quant had perfected key aspects of 1960s British pop culture long before midnight chimed on the last day of 1959. The...
View ArticleLetter: Lady Masham of Ilton obituary
In the mid-1960s I took part as an undergraduate in two summer camps for Borstal inmates that the Masham family ran on their estate in North Yorkshire, and so encountered Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Lady...
View ArticlePeter Usborne obituary
Publisher whose eponymous company changed the face of children’s nonfiction with its fact-filled illustrated booksPeter Usborne, who has died aged 85, created a publishing company that changed the look...
View ArticleBill Butler obituary
Cinematographer best known for his work on Jaws, Grease and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“I hear you’re making a movie about a fish,” the cinematographer Bill Butler said to the young director Steven...
View ArticleLetters: Keith Johnstone obituary
The book Impro by Keith Johnstone made a great impression on me as a history teacher in a Hull comprehensive school in the 1980s. The opening chapter was the best description of fostering creative...
View ArticleAndrew Malone obituary
My father, Andrew Malone, who has died aged 78, left a great legacy in the world of non-profit social housing, care and support that traces its beginnings back to Ken Loach and Idi Amin.Andrew was born...
View ArticleSheila Yarwood obituary
From 1966 to 1978, my sister Sheila Yarwood, who has died aged 91, was the theatre critic for the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, edited by Harry Pigott-Smith (father of the actor Tim). It was said by one...
View ArticleMurray Melvin obituary
Actor, archivist of the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, and director, with a long career in theatre, film and televisionThe actor and director Murray Melvin, who has died aged 90, had a rich and varied...
View ArticleAhmad Jamal obituary
Innovative pianist who preferred the term American classical music to jazz, and became a favourite of hip-hop artistsDapper and sagacious, Ahmad Jamal may have looked more like a UN delegate than a...
View ArticleRachel Pollack obituary
Science fiction writer who was an authority on tarot cards and the belief systems that surround themThe transgender pioneer Rachel Pollack, who has died aged 77 of cancer, was for many people known...
View ArticleRachel Ansari obituary
My mother-in-law, Rachel Ansari, who has died aged 75, was a primary school teacher, traveller and trailblazer for inclusivity who travelled to India in the 1970s, riding a bicycle through Hazratganj,...
View ArticleMark Sheehan obituary
Songwriter, musician and producer who played a pivotal role in the Script’s international successAs Mark Sheehan, the guitarist with the Dublin group the Script, saw it, “the untouchable rock star has...
View ArticleJoy Fleischmann obituary
My mother, Joy Fleischmann, who has died aged 93, spent many years working as an assistant to her husband, the Hungarian-born sculptor Arthur Fleischmann, before branching out as an artist herself...
View ArticleDubravka Ugrešić obituary
Writer in Serbo-Croatian whose mix of stringency and wit, although ignored in her own country, led to her being talked of as a possible Nobel laureateThe writer Dubravka Ugrešić, who has died aged 73,...
View ArticleAnne Perry obituary
Bestselling historical crime novelist whose troubled adolescence, and part in a notorious murder, was the subject of a film by Peter JacksonAnne Perry, who has died aged 84, was a prolific and...
View ArticleMichael Lipton obituary
Development economist who championed poor rural people, their approaches to agriculture and their health around the worldThe development economist Michael Lipton, who has died aged 86, credited an...
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