Aubrey Morris obituary
Stalwart character actor who appeared as Mr Deltoid in A Clockwork Orange and as one of the gruesome locals in The Wicker ManIn 1957, the character actor Aubrey Morris, who has died aged 89, was...
View ArticleSheila Whiteley obituary
Our mother, Sheila Whiteley, who has died aged 74, was nationally and internationally renowned as a feminist musicologist, writer and lecturer.Sheila was an emeritus professor at Salford University and...
View ArticleLetter: Mary Cherry’s village life
Related: Mary Cherry obituaryI first met Mary Cherry on moving with our young family into the north Oxfordshire village of Hook Norton in the early 1970s. Despite the extent of her national and...
View ArticleJohn Taylor obituary
One of the great jazz pianists and composers of his generation, he was a co-founder of the Azimuth trioLess than two weeks ago, the septuagenarians Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea were leaving the...
View ArticleThe Rev Owen Chadwick obituary
Distinguished academic and historian of Christianity known his work on the Victorian Church of England, Cardinal Newman and Michael RamseyThe religious historian Owen Chadwick, who has died aged 99,...
View ArticleJames Tate obituary
Iconoclastic and original American poet who won the Pulitzer prizeJames Tate, who has died aged 71, was one of the most original and inventive American poets of his era, whose sense of humour and love...
View ArticleFiorucci – a life in pictures
Elio Fiorucci – who died on Monday – championed glamour with a wink throughout the 70s and 80s. He became such a sensation that he was namechecked in a Sister Sledge song and in Mark Leckey’s cult 1999...
View ArticleAlex Rocco obituary
US actor best known for his role as the mobster Moe Greene in The GodfatherAlex Rocco, who has died of cancer aged 79, might have had bigger and more challenging parts than the Jewish mobster Moe...
View ArticleChenjerai Hove obituary
Leading Zimbabwean novelist and poet who left his native country to live in exile in the west in 2001Chenjerai Hove, who has died aged 59 of liver failure, was a leading Zimbabwean novelist and poet,...
View ArticleEL Doctorow obituary
One of the most celebrated American novelists best known for his historical fiction whose books Ragtime and Billy Bathgate were turned into filmsAnointed “our pre-eminent lefty” among contemporary...
View ArticleWan Li obituary
Reform-minded former Chinese leader who transformed life for millions of peasants but failed to speak out before the Tiananmen Square massacreThe former Chinese leader Wan Li, who has died aged 98, was...
View ArticleDieter Moebius obituary
Musician and composer who with his band Cluster was a pioneer of ‘krautrock’Though born in Switzerland, Dieter Moebius, who has died aged 71, was destined to become renowned as one of the pioneers of...
View ArticleTheodore Bikel obituary
Veteran stage, film and TV actor who triumphed in two major US stage roles: Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Captain von Trapp in The Sound of MusicThe actor and folk-singer Theodore Bikel, who has...
View ArticleOrmond Uren obituary
Ormond Uren, my uncle, who has died aged 95, achieved brief notoriety when, in 1981, he was alleged by Nigel West to be a member of the infamous Soviet spy ring that included Kim Philby, Guy Burgess,...
View ArticleEric Lawes obituary
My friend Eric Lawes, and the tale of his search for a lost hammer, captured the national headlines for a time when he discovered treasure in East Anglia in 1992.Eric’s quiet life on the...
View ArticleCanon Graham Corneck
My father, Graham Corneck, who has died aged 79, touched many lives through his ministry in the Church of England, particularly in Deptford, south-east London, where he was vicar of St Nicholas and St...
View ArticleCarole Seymour-Jones
Biographer whose subjects included Beatrice Webb, Simone de Beauvoir and Vivienne EliotCarole Seymour-Jones, who has died aged 72, was a biographer of distinction and a leading light in the writers’...
View ArticleElio Fiorucci obituary
Fashion designer who embraced outlandish design, disco culture, pop art and youthA playful globalism was a fashion attitude before it became a serious economic orthodoxy, and its earliest major adopter...
View ArticleAlcides Ghiggia obituary
Uruguayan footballer whose goal sealed the fate of Brazil in the 1950 World CupThe Uruguayan footballer Alcides “Chico” Ghiggia, who has died aged 88, was the scourge of Brazil in the World Cup decider...
View ArticleAppreciation: Chenjerai Hove, 1956-2015
Generous and inspiring, the prolific Zimbabwean writer and activist, who has died in exile in Norway, should be hailed as a national treasureHe promised his mother he would not die in foreign lands....
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