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Ava June obituary
Leading soprano who moved freely between Romantic Italian opera, Mozart and StraussAva June, who has died aged 81, enjoyed a long career as a leading lyric soprano in Britain and abroad, including...
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Hugo Chávez obituary
Populist leader of Venezuela – a charismatic hero to the poor who denounced capitalism and persecuted his opponentsWhen Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez, who has died aged 58 after suffering from cancer,...
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Rory Carroll, author of a new biography of Hugo Chávez, looks back at the life of Venezuela's 'commandante', who has died in Caracas, aged 58Rory CarrollPhil MaynardGuy Grandjean
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Father Tissa Balasuriya obituary
Outspoken Roman Catholic priest and social activist in Sri Lanka who was excommunicated during the papacy of John Paul IITissa Balasuriya, who has died at the age of 89, was an outspoken Roman Catholic...
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Ralph Ison obituary
Ralph Ison, who has died aged 83, was an outstanding teacher of life sciences in colleges of further education. I met him in the 1960s as a colleague at Isleworth Polytechnic (now West Thames College,...
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Ralph Kerr-Gilbert obituary
My former colleague Ralph Kerr-Gilbert, who has died aged 93, helped establish oral and maxillofacial surgery in district general hospitals in the Sunderland area in the 1960s. Like so many consultants...
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Kenny Ball obituary
As trumpeter with his Jazzmen, he helped prolong the 'trad boom' of the 1960sIn the late 1950s and early 60s, the bandleaders Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk – the three Bs of British...
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Guglielmo Galvin obituary
Photographer with a talent for capturing the character of his famous subjectsThe photographer Guglielmo Galvin has died aged 73. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, his portraits glowed out from the...
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Rafael Puyana obituary
Colombian harpsichordist at the heart of the instrument's revivalFrom his debut recital at New York Town Hall in 1957 onwards, the Colombian harpsichordist Rafael Puyana, who has died aged 81,...
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Damiano Damiani obituary
Italian director whose 1966 film A Bullet for the General, set in revolutionary Mexico, began a wave of 'tortilla westerns'Damiano Damiani, who has died aged 90, was a director of Italian popular films...
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Barbara Firth obituary
Children's illustrator best known for the bedtime classic Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?Barbara Firth, who has died aged 84, achieved success relatively late in life with her rich, warm and evocative...
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Chris Hemblade obituary
My friend Chris Hemblade, who has died of cancer aged 42, was an editor responsible for some of the most memorable women's magazine covers of recent times.Fashion magazines rely on the appeal of their...
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Armando Trovajoli obituary
Italian composer of film scores and musicalsArmando Trovajoli, who has died aged 95, was a prolific composer for Italian films and stage musicals. He worked with many of Italy's leading directors,...
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Bob Bushaway obituary
My friend Bob Bushaway, who has died aged 60 after a heart attack, was an internationally recognised authority on the first world war. He played a leading part in the development of war studies at the...
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Tom Kennedy obituary
My father, Tom Kennedy, who has died aged 92, was an economist, civil servant and academic. His father, also Tom Kennedy, was a Labour MP in Scotland and a chief whip before the second world war. From...
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Derek Geldart obituary
My friend Derek Geldart, who has died aged 81, was emeritus professor of powder technology in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Bradford. In 1967 he started his research into...
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Sybil Christopher obituary
Welsh-born actor and Richard Burton's first wife, she moved to the US after their split and co-founded a famous New York discoSybil Christopher, who has died aged 83, was the injured party in...
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Tony Gubba obituary
Distinguished sports commentator who lent his expertise to ITV's Dancing on IceTony Gubba, who has died aged 69 after suffering from leukaemia, would doubtless have been amused by the fact that,...
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Nigel Glendinning obituary
When in 2009 experts at the Prado Museum in Madrid attributed their famous painting The Colossus to one of Francisco Goya's assistants rather than Goya himself, my friend and colleague Nigel...
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