PJ Kavanagh obituary
Poet, actor, broadcaster and author of the memoir The Perfect StrangerOn St George’s Day 1951, the second day of the battle of the Imjin river, Second Lieutenant Patrick Kavanagh of the Royal Ulster...
View ArticleClifford Hatts obituary
BBC television designer behind the science fiction serial Quatermass and the PitClifford Hatts, who has died aged 93, designed many landmark productions for BBC television – most notably the seminal...
View ArticleDean Jones obituary
Clean-cut Disney actor who co-starred with cats, dogs, chimps and Herbie the Love BugMickey Mouse apart, the figure who most represented Walt Disney Productions in the 1960s was the clean-cut actor...
View ArticleJohn Alexander obituary
My father, John Alexander, who has died aged 91, was a history teacher who in retirement became active as a rambler and was known by friends in the Ramblers’ Association as “Access Alexander”. He was...
View ArticleSir Adrian Cadbury obituary
Former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes and author of the 1992 report that set the standard for corporate governanceThat Sir Adrian Cadbury’s 1992 report on corporate governance is still recognised around...
View ArticleRico Rodriguez obituary
Ska and reggae trombonist who played with the Specials on some of the band’s greatest hitsRico Rodriguez, who has died aged 80, was a pioneering Jamaican trombonist, best known for his membership of...
View ArticleLord Moser obituary
Director of the Central Statistical Office who became chairman of the Royal Opera HouseClaus Moser, Lord Moser, the government statistician and former chairman of the Royal Opera House, who has died...
View ArticleRobyn Beeche obituary
Australian photographer who captured the spirit of London’s alternative culture of the 1970s and 80sIn December 1983, the cover of the Observer magazine displayed an enigmatic image, Sonia, of the...
View ArticleLetter: Claus Moser’s lifelong passion was music
Claus Moser had a wide circle of true friends, many of them drawn from politics and university life, but his lifelong passion was music. He played the piano very well and studied it seriously into his...
View ArticleHazel Ball obituary
My wife, Hazel Ball, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 60, worked for Exeter city council for 35 years, becoming head of environmental health in 1996 and strategic director in 2001. She retired in...
View ArticleRoland Rees obituary
Leading director in fringe and touring theatre who co-founded the stage company Foco Novo, which presented groundbreaking work in the 70s and 80sRoland Rees, who has died aged 73, was a key fringe and...
View ArticleJean Darling obituary
Child star of the Our Gang comedies who went on to perform as an adult in Broadway musicals and radio showsThe popularity of the long-running Our Gang series of comedy shorts (1922-44), created by the...
View ArticleJohn Russell Brown obituary
Eminent Shakespearean scholar and theatre director who advocated the primacy of the playwright’s musical language in modern productionsJohn Russell Brown, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished...
View ArticleJudy Bax obituary
My mother, Judy Bax, who has died aged 82, was a headteacher and Labour councillor who made lasting contributions in both education and local government.Born to George and Betty Osborn, who were...
View ArticleLetter: Lee Harwood was a very fine poet and a very good man
I worked very closely with Lee Harwood when he and I were elected chair and treasurer of the Poetry Society in 1976-77, a time of great upheaval and bitter disputes. We were each active in the Labour...
View ArticleJudy Carne obituary
Singer, actor and comedian who made her zany mark in the American hit sketch show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-InComedians are often defined by one stock expression, from Jack Benny’s sighing “...well!” to...
View ArticleLetter: As a schoolboy PJ Kavanagh prayed to St Jude that he might be tall...
PJ Kavanagh once considered becoming a monk but decided he liked girls too much. As a schoolboy he prayed to St Jude that he might be tall and attractive to women. The patron saint of hopeless causes...
View ArticleJohn Springhall obituary
John Springhall, who has died aged 71, was a pioneer in the field of youth studies who also wrote widely on imperialism, decolonisation and British and US popular culture.He was born in Richmond,...
View ArticleLetters: Claus Moser was utterly charming, but also terrifyingly acute
Sophie Henderson writes: We at the Migration Museum Project had the distinct good fortune to get to know Claus Moser when he became one of our distinguished friends and supporters.When we first...
View ArticleMike King: sports photographer – in pictures
Mike King, who has died aged 52, was regarded as one of the most talented sports photographers of his generation. He worked for the Observer from 1989 to the mid-90s. Talented and cheeky, he used his...
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