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Joan Gibbs obituary
Our friend Joan Gibbs has died aged 91 in Macclesfield, her home since the mid-1940s. When she moved there, Joan quickly involved herself in the life of the town with a great sense of duty. She was...
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Martin Fay obituary
Original fiddler with the Irish traditional band the ChieftainsMartin Fay, who has died aged 76, was the original fiddle player with the Chieftains, the band that has done more than any other to...
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Leo Blair obituary
Lawyer whose capacity for overcoming difficulties and flair for performance proved an inspiration to his son TonyIt would be difficult to over-estimate the importance of the life, character and career...
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Earl Ferrers obituary
Farmer and Tory politician who sat in the Lords for more than 50 years and was one of the 92 hereditary peers to be electedRobert Shirley, the 13th Earl Ferrers, who has died aged 83, sat in the House...
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William Turnbull obituary
Subtle and expressive sculptor who was one of the leading artists of the postwar generationThe career of the artist William Turnbull, who has died aged 90, practically constituted a history of...
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Jenny Harris obituary
Jenny Harris, who has died of cancer aged 67, was the inspired and inspiring head of the National Theatre's education department from 1990 to 2007. She took over a small, peripheral unit and made it an...
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Rene Chaplin obituary
My mother, Rene Chaplin, who lit up the arts scene in the north-east for 70 years, has died aged 91. The tributes from her many friends spoke of her remarkable character: she was a "grand lass",...
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Graham Carson obituary
Our friend Graham Carson, who has died aged 76, entered his father's food importing business, branched out with his own rice factory and cash-and-carry business and was then nobly supported by his...
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David Campbell obituary
My friend David Campbell, who has died aged 84, was a soldier, psychiatrist and an international figure in the world of bioenergetic therapy, a form of therapy that assumes a correlation between mind...
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Cornel Lucas obituary
Brilliant photographer whose portraits were loved by international film starsCornel Lucas, who has died aged 92, was the doyen of still photography in the British film industry. Although his pictures...
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Here is a selection of the best work of Cornel Lucas, the doyen of British film stills photographers
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Peter Galpin obituary
My brother Peter Galpin, a talented jazz, blues and soul guitarist, has died aged 62 after suffering from mesothelioma. For the past 20 years he lived in Oxford, where he became well known in the local...
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'I am TS Eliot's widow and I do not want anyone to know who I am,' Valerie...
Valerie Eliot once attended an Open University literature summer school I was running at the University of York. She was using her maiden name, so I did not know who the rather formally attired lady...
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Lord McCarthy obituary
Labour peer and industrial relations expert who arbitrated in many disputesFor more than 40 years, Bill McCarthy, who has died aged 87, tracked the progress of Britain's industrial relations from his...
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David Drucker obituary
If our father, David Drucker, who has died aged 86, had any regrets, it was (somewhat unreasonably) that he had not managed single-handedly to "fix up" the social problems of the planet. He had a...
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Jack Gilbert obituary
Influential American poet who wrote compellingly about passion, loss and lonelinessJack Gilbert, who has died at 87, was both an outsider and a major figure in modern American poetry. Defiantly...
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Letter: 'Do you consider the candidate's answer to be contumelious?' Bill...
In the late 1980s, I was a co-examiner with Bill McCarthy for the special diplomas in social studies and social policy that were taken by students at Plater College, an institution in Oxford offering...
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Sir Philip Ledger obituary
Conductor, organist and director of music at King's College, Cambridge, who inspired players and singers alikeSir Philip Ledger, who has died aged 74, was an outstanding musician of great versatility....
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Claudia Da Silva obituary
My friend and former colleague Claudia Da Silva founded the London Centre for Personal Safety (LCPS) in 1981 and led the organisation until her death from cancer aged 64. Claudia was committed to...
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Shankar Shankaramurthi obituary
My former colleague Shankar Shankaramurthi, who has died aged 81, was known to few in Britain but was a household name among the legions of people overseas who heard his broadcasts in Tamil. For a...
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