Otto Grunfeld obituary
My father, Otto Grunfeld, who has died aged 90, was a survivor of the Holocaust, in which his entire family were killed. Born in rural Czechoslovakia, where his parents, Moritz and Hilda (nee...
View ArticleCharles Bartlett obituary
British painter and printmaker who married the maritime with the modernCharles Bartlett, known as Bob, who has died aged 93, was an exceptional painter and printmaker whose work brought the traditional...
View ArticleGeorge Churchill-Coleman obituary
Police officer who, as head of the Metropolitan police’s anti-terrorist branch, was an IRA target for many yearsGeorge Churchill-Coleman, who has died aged 76 following a car accident, was the public...
View ArticleRobert Stone obituary
One of the most important novelists to emerge from 1960s AmericaIn only eight novels and two books of stories published over the space of 47 years, Robert Stone, who has died aged 77, established...
View ArticleGladys Montgomery obituary
My friend Gladys Montgomery, who has died aged 96, was an avowed socialist from an early age, with a strong desire to make the world a fairer place.Monty was the most robust of women. Daughter of Emily...
View ArticleMichael Kennedy obituary
Journalist, music critic and authority on the works of Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss and Ralph Vaughan WilliamsWhile serving in the navy in the second world war, the music critic, journalist and author...
View ArticleTrevor Ward-Davies obituary
Sixties rock bassist who found stardom as Dozy in the band he founded, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and TichAlthough they were not the most sophisticated of British pop groups, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky,...
View ArticleAustin Scott obituary
Some schoolteachers stay with you for life. For many of those who encountered him during his long career as a music educator, which ended only with his death at the age of 94, Austin Scott was one...
View ArticleSir Jack Hayward obituary
Businessman and philanthropist devoted to ‘all things British’ and especially Wolverhampton WanderersNot for nothing was Sir Jack Hayward, who has died aged 91, known as “union Jack”. The idiosyncratic...
View ArticleNancy Thomas obituary
TV producer who worked with Richard Attenborough and Patrick Moore and was a significant influence on BBC arts programmingNancy Thomas, who has died aged 96, was a prominent figure in the BBC’s Talks...
View ArticleMike Marqusee obituary
Journalist, political activist and author with eclectic tastes in sport, art and musicThe writer and political activist Mike Marqusee, who has died of cancer aged 61, enjoyed an intellect as dazzling...
View ArticleIrena Burgess obituary
My mother, Irena Burgess, who has died aged 92, was a founder member in the 1970s of the Anglo-Polish Club in Medway, Kent, serving a Polish community very different from today’s. The second world war...
View ArticleJoyce Morris obituary
Educationist who improved the literacy of generations of childrenJoyce Morris, who has died aged 93, was a tireless worker for the better teaching and learning of literacy. She influenced generations...
View ArticleAppreciation: Francesco Rosi 1922-2015
Ed Vulliamy remembers the master film-maker, whose thrillers exposed the murky twists and turns of Italian politics and crimeFrancesco Rosi, grandmaster of the political thriller on screen, who died...
View ArticleKim Fowley obituary
Music producer, singer and songwriter who formed the all-female band the RunawaysFew people in pop music spanned such a range as Kim Fowley, the record producer, songwriter and Sunset Strip svengali...
View ArticleLetter: Geoff Pullar obituary
In finishing his time in cricket “with a higher average in Test cricket than in his general career”, Geoff Pullar was not particularly exceptional: among English batsmen, the same held for Jack Hobbs,...
View ArticleClaude Frank obituary
Masterly pianist and teacher whose playing had a visionary qualityLike his great teacher Artur Schnabel, the American pianist Claude Frank, who has died aged 89, achieved an inner, visionary quality in...
View ArticleMargaret Blacklock Evans obituary
My friend Margaret Blacklock Evans, who has died aged 90, was an educator, champion swimmer and talented amateur botanist. She contributed to her community until the very end of her life.She was born...
View ArticleTerence Ranger obituary
A champion of African nationalism, and one of the continent’s most radical and influential historiansIn 1963, Terence Ranger, who has died aged 85, was deported from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)....
View ArticleThe death of Hugh Gaitskell: from the archive, 19 January 1963
To follow him cannot be easy, but he has left the Labour Party in its best form since 1950Hugh Gaitskell’s death is a personal, political, and national tragedy. He has died young, at a time when he had...
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