Haskell Wexler obituary
Cinematographer with unshakeable radical convictions who won Oscars for his work on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? and Bound for GloryOne of the world’s most accomplished cinematographers, Haskell...
View ArticleStevie Wright was the prototype rock frontman despite his demons | Andrew...
The Easybeats singer had an enormous influence on generations of Australian rock’n’rollers, from AC/DC to the Saints to You Am IThe news that Stevie Wright – solo artist, singer for the Easybeats and,...
View ArticleEllsworth Kelly obituary
One of the most important American abstract artists who created brilliant modular canvases and spectacular outdoor sculptures in steelThe American abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly, who has died aged 92,...
View ArticleLetter: Peter Dickinson obituary
Peter Dickinson was a staunch supporter of authors’ rights. In the 1980s he was on the executive committee of the then fledgling Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, which had been set up by...
View ArticleLetter: What Julian Broadhead’s postal orders meant for prisoners’ morale
I met Julian Broadhead at the beginning of my time as writer-in-residence in HMP Maghaberry, Northern Ireland (1997 to 2015). At that time Julian was the co-editor with Laura Kerr of Prison Writing...
View ArticleLeslie Waddington obituary
Art dealer who set up his Mayfair gallery in 1966, where he gave lifelong support to British artists and championed the American avant gardeUnfailingly scrupulous and principled during five decades as...
View ArticleLemmy Kilmister obituary
The Motörhead frontman’s reputation as one of rock’s most infamous hell-raisers belied his keen intelligence and interest in social and political issuesFew musicians have walked the rebel’s walk with...
View ArticleDonald Weinstein obituary
My friend, mentor and colleague Donald Weinstein, who has died aged 89, was an influential historian of the Italian Renaissance. Among other things, he was responsible for a masterly book, Savonarola...
View ArticleSir Peter Gregson obituary
Civil servant who served under Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, and advised Margaret Thatcher during the 1984 miners’ strikeSir Peter Gregson, who has died aged 79, was a quintessential high-flying...
View ArticleLicio Gelli obituary
Masonic leader thought to be involved in the death of ‘God’s banker’ Roberto Calvi, found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in LondonLicio Gelli, who has died aged 96, was among those rare individuals...
View ArticleMeadowlark Lemon obituary
Undisputed star of the Harlem Globetrotters, the team that brought barnstorming basketball as entertainment to the worldMeadowlark Lemon, who has died aged 83, was billed as the Clown Prince of...
View ArticleFlorence Lindsey obituary
My mother, Florence Lindsey, who has died aged 104, was a secretary and small business manager who became an active Labour party member in Lambeth, south London.She was born in Lambeth, eldest of five...
View ArticleEamonn McCabe on Lemmy: He sent me to buy his favourite tipple, Jack Daniels
In 2004, Emma Brockes and I arranged to meet Lemmy for a piece for the Guardian at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, where Marilyn Monroe met Joe DiMaggio.It was a Sunday...
View ArticleJohn Bradbury obituary
Drummer with the Specials who mixed the drive of northern soul with a reggae feel to help create the band’s signature soundJohn Bradbury, who has died suddenly aged 62, played a crucial role in the...
View ArticleGloria Contreras obituary
Dancer and choreographer who ran her own company in Mexico for 45 yearsGloria Contreras, who has died aged 81, was a leading dancer, choreographer and teacher in her native Mexico City. There she ran...
View ArticleGeorge Clayton Johnson obituary
Writer whose success was guaranteed after the novel Logan’s Run was turned into a Hollywood filmGeorge Clayton Johnson, who has died aged 86, was the writer in 1966 of the first broadcast episode of...
View ArticlePippa Gale obituary
My mother, Pippa Gale, who has died aged 86, was the elder daughter of Terence Ennion, the deputy governor of Wormwood Scrubs prison, London, and his wife Betty (nee Cane).Born in Barnes, Pippa grew...
View ArticlePatricia Torrens obituary
As the first dietetic adviser to what was then the Department of Health and Social Security, my godmother Patricia Torrens, who has died aged 94, oversaw a fundamental change in British perceptions of...
View ArticleSusanne Hoeber Rudolph obituary
My friend Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago, who has died aged 85, was an eminent south Asian scholar. In 2014 she and her husband, Lloyd,...
View ArticleDennis Griffiths, a prolific and punctilious newspaper historian
Fleet Street’s tireless ‘biographer’ and energetic chair of the London Press Club Dennis Griffiths, one of Fleet Street’s most prolific and, arguably, its most punctilious historian died on Christmas...
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