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Jack Ashley remembered by Bernard Donoughue
The tireless campaigner for disability rights never forgot his working-class roots, says his friend and fellow Labour peerJack Ashley was a widely admired MP and campaigner; his friend Lord Donoughue...
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Nina Bawden remembered by Robert Bawden
The son of the novelist and children's author recalls her dramatic life – and wartime work with Margaret ThatcherRobert Bawden is a GP. Here, he recalls the dedication of his mother, the novelist and...
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Helen Gurley Brown remembered by Marcelle d'Argy Smith
With style and grace Helen Gurley Brown combined groundbreaking journalism at Cosmopolitan with her devotion to her husbandMarcelle D'Argy Smith is a former editor of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan;...
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Eric Hobsbawm remembered by Neal Ascherson
The brilliant 20th-century historian imparted knowledge far wider then his subject, recalls one former studentJournalist Neal Ascherson was tutored by Eric Hobsbawm as an undergraduate at Cambridge in...
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Marie Colvin remembered by Jeremy Bowen
The consummate war reporter, Colvin was kind, funny, brave and empatheticBBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen knew Sunday Times war reporter Marie Colvin through their work in numerous conflict zones...
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Adam Yauch remembered by Sarah J Edwards
The US rapper, film director and human rights activist was a funny, inspiring and dependable friendSarah J Edwards recalls her 17-year friendship with Beastie Boy Adam Yauch.Adam Yauch was a very...
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Peter Avis obituary
Veteran Observer subeditor and contributor Peter Avis was a dedicated leftwing campaigner and lifelong francophilePeter Avis, veteran leftwing journalist, broadcaster and long-serving Observer...
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Letter: 'Eddie Burns had been forced to watch his then girlfriend being raped...
It's right to stress the "fundamentally southern inspiration" of the music of the blues singer Eddie Burns. I saw Eddie several times on tour in the UK in the 1970s, and he always put on an...
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Sir Lawrie Barratt obituary
Building tycoon whose keenly priced homes sprang up all over the UK in the 70s and 80sSir Lawrie Barratt, who has died aged 85, built so many houses that, for good or ill, Barratt Homes became...
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Jack Klugman obituary
Actor who won fame as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and crimesolving medical examiner QuincyTelevision was the medium that conferred stardom on the actor Jack Klugman, who has died aged 90. In a...
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Star of TV shows The Odd Couple and Quincy, plus an illustrious filmography that spanned 60 years, dies, aged 90
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Charles Durning obituary
Prolific American actor who was Oscar nominated for roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and To Be Or Not to BeThe American actor Charles Durning, who has died aged 89, first grabbed audience...
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Gerry Anderson obituary
Thunderbirds creator who made some of the most popular children's TV shows of the 1960sGerry Anderson, who has died aged 83 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was the main mover behind a number...
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett obituary
Composer and pianist whose work included film scores, classical opera and jazz cabaretThe composer Richard Rodney Bennett, who has died in New York aged 76, pursued multiple musical lives with...
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Zygmunt Zamoyski obituary
My brother, Zygmunt Zamoyski, who has died aged 74, was a teacher who lived in England for most of his life but, directly after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, left Britain for Poland. There he...
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Rosemary Davidson obituary
My friend Rosemary Davidson, who has died aged 83, had a distinguished career as an educational editor before running a gallery in Cambridge for 20 years.She was born in Lancashire to a Scottish tax...
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Letters: Gerry Anderson's movie legacy
Stephen La Rivière writes: When Gerry Anderson entered the world of TV puppetry in the late 1950s, Andy Pandy and Noddy dangled rigidly on thick strings in their two-dimensional worlds. Within a few...
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Don Loughman obituary
My friend Don Loughman, who has died aged 92, was the Westminster theatre's production manager from 1961 and theatre manager from 1967 until his retirement in 1999. He was a member of the Society of...
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Mary Fogg obituary
Mary Fogg, who has died aged 94, was a painter, potter and teacher: I became a friend of hers through organising exhibitions that included her work. Her dreamlike paintings prominently feature stylised...
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Bryan Nicholson obituary
My friend and colleague Bryan Nicholson, who has died aged 79, was one of the founding fathers of school technology. Many design and technology teachers will remember him as an inspirational,...
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