Coleridge Goode obituary
Musician who played and recorded with some of the great names of jazz, including Django Reinhardt and Stephane GrappelliThe double bassist Coleridge Goode, who has died aged 100, distinguished himself...
View ArticleKevin Corcoran obituary
Film actor and director who starred as a child in many of Walt Disney’s ‘live-action’ moviesThe name Walt Disney immediately conjures up Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse cartoons, as well as perennially...
View ArticleHugh Scully obituary
Broadcaster who presented the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow for 19 yearsThe broadcaster Hugh Scully, who has died aged 72, was best known as the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow on BBC television. He was...
View ArticleLetter: Ken Leech’s role in the fight against racism
I was privileged to work with the Rev Ken Leech at the Runnymede Trust, a research and information body concerned with racism and discrimination, between 1987 and 1990, during which time he oversaw the...
View ArticleAlexander Faris obituary
Conductor and composer who won an Ivor Novello award for the theme music he wrote for the TV series Upstairs DownstairsThe conductor and composer Alexander Faris who has died aged 94, was on a rostrum...
View ArticleLetter: Jean Darling at RTE in Dublin
I knew Jean Darling quite well in Dublin in the 1980s when I worked for RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, and she was there recording the children’s stories she wrote as “Aunty Poppy”. She was a...
View ArticleDick Joyce obituary
My friend Dick Joyce, who has died aged 92, was a polymath to the point of implausibility, fitting in segments of half a dozen different careers into one very happy life.Son of Kathleen (nee Message)...
View ArticleSue Lloyd-Roberts obituary
Television journalist who reported from war zones and on human rights abuses around the worldSue Lloyd-Roberts, who has died aged 64 after suffering from myeloid leukaemia, was one of television’s most...
View ArticleLetters: Denis Healey’s depth of knowledge
John Perry writes: David McKie says that Denis Healey was “formidably equipped” for the job of foreign secretary, despite never getting it. I had an experience in the 1980s that made me draw the same...
View ArticleHilla Becher obituary
Artist-photographer who with her husband created a unique record of vanishing industrial structuresIn June 1966, the German artist Hilla Becher, who has died aged 81, set off, together with her husband...
View ArticleRichard Davies obituary
Welsh actor who starred in film, TV and stage productions ranging from Please Sir! to Under Milk WoodAs the philosophical science teacher Mr Price, notable for his sarcastic wit, in the television...
View ArticleJoan Leslie obituary
Versatile actor from Hollywood’s golden ageFemale stars of Hollywood’s golden era were usually divided into sex goddesses, femmes fatales or nice girls. In line with the old sporting dictum, “nice guys...
View ArticleWill Giles obituary
My friend Will Giles, who has died of cancer aged 64, was an artist who specialised in drawing plants and who created an exotic garden at his Norfolk home that was open to the public for more than 30...
View ArticleAlan Tanner obituary
My brother Alan Tanner, who has died aged 90, was a priest for 60 years, all of them in the London diocese, 55 in the City. When his last church, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, was badly damaged by...
View ArticleJulia Wilson-Dickson obituary
My sister, Julia Wilson-Dickson, who has died aged 66 after a brain haemorrhage, was an eminent voice and dialect teacher who worked with many of the brightest talents of stage and film.She coached...
View ArticleStella Ambache obituary
On 5 July 1948 a young woman’s fledgling enterprise was nationalised. It suited her well: her business was a general practice in Chislehurst, Kent, which became part of the newly established National...
View ArticleHoward Kendall obituary
Everton footballer and manager who led his club to league title and FA Cup gloryHoward Kendall, who has died aged 69, once likened his association with Everton Football Club to a marriage rather than a...
View ArticleDerek Ware obituary
Actor who founded a stunt team company that provided much of the action on British television in the 1960s and 70sDerek Ware, who has died of cancer aged 77, was an actor and stuntman and founder of...
View ArticleRaymond Smith obituary
My father, Raymond Smith, who has died aged 90, was a major figure in postwar social anthropology. His work, and his life, were focused on kinship in the Caribbean and the US. His gift and his good...
View ArticleMichael Dean obituary
Broadcaster and regular presenter on BBC2’s Late Night Line-Up in the 1960s and 70sMichael Dean, who has died aged 82, was an outstanding BBC broadcaster in the 1960s and 70s. On Late Night Line-Up, a...
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