John Gee obituary
The Rolling Stones, the Who, Rod Stewart, Elton John, David Bowie, Ten Years After and many other bands can all be thankful for the part played on their way to fame and fortune by the manager of the...
View ArticleMichael Tracey obituary
My friend Michael Tracey, who has died at the age of 79, lived a full and satisfying life. A talented footballer, Michael represented England at amateur level in the late 1950s. Leaving...
View ArticlePeter Whelan obituary
Playwright best known for The Herbal Bed and his RSC collaborations with the director Bill AlexanderThe playwright Peter Whelan, who has died aged 82, lived a full life before turning to the stage in...
View ArticleSir Peter Barclay
Social reformer whose analysis of inequality in the UK paved the way for the introduction of a national minimum wageSir Peter Barclay, who has died aged 88, played a key role in the defence of the...
View ArticleEileen Ford obituary
Founder with her husband Jerry of the Ford modelling agencyFor an insight into what fashion modelling in the US was like before Eileen Ford and her husband, Jerry, set up their revolutionary model...
View ArticleJazz icon Charlie Haden dies at 76
Ground-breaking musician's lyrical style liberated the double bass from its traditional role as an accompanying instrumentThe bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz more than a...
View ArticleMichael Mason obituary
BBC radio producer whose Plain Tales from the Raj made compelling listening in the mid-1970sMichael Mason, who has died aged 89, was once mocked by a newspaper columnist as "the Cecil B DeMille of...
View ArticleTommy Ramone obituary
Ramones producer and drummer who was the last of the New York punk band's original lineupThough the Ramones were celebrated as the quintessential New York punk band, ostensibly a band of brothers...
View ArticleCharlie Haden obituary
Jazz bassist with a lyrical style and a passion for politics'When we play together, it's like two people singing," said the pianist Keith Jarrett of his 47-year partnership with the double-bassist...
View ArticleRay Lonnen
Stage and screen actor best known for his starring role in the political drama Harry's GameThe actor Ray Lonnen, who has died of cancer aged 74, was a familiar face on British television whose unshowy...
View ArticleLorin Maazel obituary
Distinguished conductor with an all-encompassing love of operatic and concert lifeFew conductors can claim to have carried out their profession since childhood, but Lorin Maazel, who has died aged 84,...
View ArticleNadine Gordimer obituary
Nobel prizewinnng South African writer who spoke out against apartheid and racial inequality Nadine Gordimer: A life in quotes A life in picturesSouth Africa has produced several writers of stature in...
View ArticleLetter: Joe Wilder was one of the first instrumentalists to break through the...
Joe Wilder symbolised a great deal for young African-American musicians in the 1960s. His achievements as one of the first instrumentalists to break through the racial barrier in the session world are...
View ArticleLetter: Kathy Stobart inspired me to set up the Women's Jazz Archive
I interviewed Kathy Stobart in 1986 for the National Sound Archive oral history section. I wanted to know how she managed her life with three sons and a trumpeter husband. She laughed and said she had...
View ArticleBarry Cole obituary
My friend Barry Cole, who has died aged 77, gained early recognition as a poet and novelist. In 1968 his first collection of poems, Moonsearch, which became a Poetry Book Society recommendation, was...
View ArticleIsabel de Madariaga obituary
Expert on Russian history who wrote acclaimed books on Catherine the Great and Ivan the TerribleUntil the historian Isabel de Madariaga, who has died aged 94, wrote Russia in the Age of Catherine the...
View ArticleAnthony Sampson on Nadine Gordimer: 'She was conscious of living in a land of...
Nadine Gordimer was small and neat, with a bird-like vivacity and intensity. She talked as precisely as she wrote, telling stories dramatically, with acute observation and curiosity. But her sharp...
View ArticleOlga Hudlická obituary
Vascular physiologist whose work on skeletal and cardiac blood vessels has benefited many patientsOlga Hudlická, who has died aged 87, was a leading vascular physiologist whose work on the growth of...
View ArticlePhil Hollom obituary
Ornithologist who helped to popularise birdwatching and contributed to some of the most important field guides and researchPhil Hollom, who has died aged 102, was one of the pioneering generation of...
View ArticleJohn Spradbery obituary
Lighting designer who worked with radical choreographer Lindsay KempThe lighting designer John Spradbery, who has died aged 83, was a key figure in the company of the radical choreographer and director...
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