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Percy White obituary
Scientist who helped develop Britain's first atomic bombPercy White, who has died aged 96, was one of a small group of highly talented scientists involved in the British nuclear weapons development...
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Michael Dunlap obituary
My father, Michael Dunlap, who has died aged 93, was solicitor general of Kenya and permanent secretary for justice and constitutional affairs in the years leading up to the country's independence in...
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Robin Ritzema obituary
Our friend and colleague Robin Ritzema, who has died suddenly after a short illness aged 65, made major contributions as a senior civil servant to education and science policy in the UK and overseas....
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Khorshed Alam obituary
In 2006, the UK charity War on Want commissioned Khorshed Alam, who has died, aged 46, of septicaemia, to undertake research in Bangladesh on workers producing clothes for Primark, Tesco and Asda. His...
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Barrie Edgar obituary
When my grandfather, Percy Edgar, started broadcasting in 1922, his makeshift Birmingham studio was one of only two in Britain. When my father, Barrie Edgar, retired from the BBC in 1979, the...
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Conrad Bain obituary
American actor who tackled taboo subjects in the sitcom Diff'rent StrokesThe actor Conrad Bain, who has died aged 89, found fame in middle age in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978-86). As Phillip...
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Lucienne Hill obituary
Actor who found her true calling as translator of the French dramatist Jean AnouilhLucienne Hill, who has died aged 89, was best known for her translations of the French dramatist Jean Anouilh. She won...
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Alan Reece obituary
Engineer who pioneered subsea-trenching and explosion-protection technologyAlan Reece, who has died aged 85, stood in the grand tradition of northern-based engineers whose practical inventions brought...
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Sophiya Haque
Vibrant actor who achieved success in Bollywood films, West End musicals and on Coronation StreetSophiya Haque's performance in Peter Nichols's Privates on Parade, which opened last month at the Noël...
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Glamorous, villainous, outrageous fun: Mike Hodges on the actor Mariangela...
The film that possibly gave Mariangela Melato her biggest worldwide exposure was strangely omitted from her obituary. It is Flash Gordon (1980), in which she played the role of Kala, the Emperor Ming's...
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Jakob Arjouni obituary
German crime writer whose private eye Kemal Kayankaya operated in Frankfurt's seedy underworldJakob Arjouni was only 20 when his first bestselling crime novel was published in Germany and was such a...
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Earl Weaver, Hall of Fame manager of Baltimore Orioles, dies aged 82
Salty-tongued 'Duke of Earl' won nearly 1,500 games as Baltimore manager, taking team to the World Series four timesEarl Weaver, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with the Baltimore...
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Gussie Moran obituary
American tennis player whose daring outfit caused a sensation at Wimbledon in 1949Had it not been for a bit of lace attached to the knickers that she dared to wear at Wimbledon in 1949, Gussie Moran,...
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Letter: The day that Peter Avis received a 'compliment' from Margaret Thatcher
Like all good journalists, my friend and former Observer colleague Peter Avis delighted in mischief-making. Never more so than when, as the London correspondent of the leftwing French daily L'Humanité,...
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George Gruntz obituary
Swiss pianist, composer and bandleader famed for his innovative Concert Jazz BandWhen the jazz pianist George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band played at Ronnie Scott's club in London a dozen years ago, they...
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Freda Collier obituary
My aunt, Freda Collier, who has died aged 97, became well-known in the early 1950s as part of the core team of Maurice Wilkins, John Randall and Rosalind Franklin (plus Franklin's PhD student, Raymond...
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Amanda Fielding obituary
My colleague Amanda Fielding, who has died from ovarian cancer aged 55, was one of the leading curators and commentators in contemporary British applied art. She was not only a perceptive writer but...
View ArticleThe late Michael Winner - video
Michael Winner, film director and restaurant critic, has died aged 77
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Michael Winner obituary
Flamboyant film director, best known for Death Wish, and later an outspoken restaurant critic and bon vivantMichael Winner, who has died aged 77, supplied interviewers with a list of more than 30 films...
View ArticleMichael Winner: a career in pictures
Michael Winner, the outspoken film director, restaurant reviewer and TV celebrity, has died aged 77. We look back over his career and life in photographs
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