Mandy Rice-Davies obituary
Showgirl and key player in the Profumo scandal who thrived on the publicity it broughtOf the many characters caught up in the 1960s sex and spying saga of the Profumo scandal, Mandy Rice-Davies, who...
View ArticleMandy Rice-Davies: life after the Profumo affair – in pictures
Of the many characters caught up in the 1960s sex and spying saga of the Profumo scandal, former model Mandy Rice-Davies, who has died aged 70 of cancer, managed to turn the celebrity that the whole...
View ArticlePhil Stern obituary
Photographer whose portraits of film stars found tears and agony behind the glamourIn pictures: not untouchable icons but human beings The photographer Phil Stern, who has died aged 95, created...
View ArticleLetter: Geography and anarchism
The geographer, conservationist and coral atoll expert David Stoddart held anarchist beliefs. He also rediscovered the work, published in the second half of the 19th century, of an earlier geographer...
View ArticleTuskegee Airmen pilot Lowell Steward dead at 95
Steward completed 200 missions during second World WarAfrican American unit ‘had to be better because we were looked at harder’Lowell Steward, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew nearly 200...
View ArticleGabriel García Márquez remembered by Edith Grossman
6 March 1927-17 April 2014Edith Grossman, who translated seven of Gabriel García Márquez’s books, recalls a giant of literature and an ‘utterly delicious’ manSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in...
View ArticleColin Pillinger remembered by Monica Grady
9 May 1943–7 May 2014An Open University colleague of the space scientist pays tribute to his inspirational work and offbeat styleSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullTony Benn remembered by...
View ArticleElena Baltacha remembered by Judy Murray
14 August 1983–4 May 2014The captain of the Fed Cup team, who coached the British No 1 tennis player from a young age, pays tribute to a ‘dream leader’ who battled injury and illness for yearsSee the...
View ArticleStuart Hall remembered by David Lammy
3 February 1932–10 February 2014David Lammy on the cultural theorist’s intellectual rigour and authority, his early influence on his ideas via the Open University and their subsequent friendshipSee the...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman remembered by David Bar Katz
23 July 1967–2 February 2014David Bar Katz has written this prose poem for his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman, with whom he used to have coffee every morning after dropping off their childrenSee the...
View ArticleMaya Angelou remembered by Jon Snow
4 April 1928-28 May 2014The broadcaster and longtime friend of Angelou recalls a ‘phenomenal’ poet, activist and raconteur – and singerSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullGabriel García...
View ArticleAnn Maguire remembered by Mike Woods
5 April 1953-28 April 2014A former head of the Leeds teacher’s school recalls his inspiring colleague who was killed by a pupil in April but whose influence lives on in generations of students and...
View ArticleTony Benn remembered by Saffron Burrows
3 April 1925-14 March 2014The actor and longtime friend of the Labour politician recalls a tireless activist who loved people, talking – and teaSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullStuart Hall...
View ArticlePeaches Geldof remembered by James Brown
13 March 1989-7 April 2014Ex-Loaded editor James Brown worked with Peaches Geldof to launch a celebrity magazine. Sparks flew…See the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullBobby Womack remembered by...
View ArticleBobby Womack remembered by Richard Russell
4 March 1944–27 June 2014The producer and XL Recordings owner on recording with the soul man with the ‘otherworldly’ voiceSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullTony Benn remembered by Saffron...
View ArticleLauren Bacall remembered by Terry Hands
16 September 1924–12 August 2014The director recalls working with the Hollywood star, who ‘seemed impervious to the demands of vanity’, in a UK theatre production in 1995See the Observer’s obituaries...
View ArticlePD James remembered by Richard Coles
3 August 1920–27 November 2014The crime writer was courteous and perspicacious – and alert for the gaps between what was said and what was doneSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullStephen...
View ArticleBob Hoskins remembered by Helen Mirren
26 October 1942–29 April 2014Helen Mirren, who first worked with Bob Hoskins on The Long Good Friday, recalls a vital presence, a magnetic actor fizzing with energy, and a true menschSee the Observer’s...
View ArticleLouise Wilson remembered by Jonathan Saunders
23 February 1962–16 May 2014The fashion designer recalls his former teacher, the tough but inspirational Central Saint Martins professorSee the Observer’s obituaries of 2014 in fullPeaches Geldof...
View ArticleJohn Freeman obituary
Labour politician, war hero, editor and master of the incisive television interviewJohn Freeman, who has died aged 99, was a human chameleon: he took up and discarded one impressive career after...
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