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Richie Havens obituary
American musician known for his performance at Woodstock who put a soulful, fiery twist on folk songs and coversRichie Havens, who has died of a heart attack aged 72, is best known for his opening...
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Jocasta Innes obituary
Interior designer, writer and inventive cook whose bestsellers included The Pauper's Cookbook and Paint MagicJocasta Innes, who has died aged 78, made a long career out of a talent for making do,...
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Rozanne Purser obituary
My sister Rozanne Purser, who has died aged 91, taught art in Sudbury for nigh on 40 years, with classes both for the boys of the grammar and the girls of the high school in the Suffolk town. After her...
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James Dickens obituary
My colleague and friend James Dickens, who has died aged 82, served as the Labour MP for Lewisham West from 1966 until 1970 and played a prominent part in the leftwing Tribune Group.Born in a Glasgow...
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Allan Arbus obituary
Character actor who played the psychiatrist Major Sidney Freedman in the TV comedy M*A*S*HThe long-running US television comedy M*A*S*H, set during the Korean war, was often perceived as an allegorical...
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Peter Johnston obituary
My friend Peter Johnston, who has died aged 72, served as a Labour member of Bolton borough council, in three wards, between 1973 and 2002. His council chamber oratory was supplemented by regular...
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Jim Mortimer obituary
Trade unionist and Labour party general secretary in the 1980sJim Mortimer, who has died aged 92, was a true socialist who dedicated his working life as a trade unionist and a prominent public official...
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François Jacob obituary
Nobel prizewinning scientist who created a new frontier in molecular geneticsFrançois Jacob, who has died aged 92, was awarded the 1965 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine as a result of his...
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Nosher Powell obituary
Heavyweight boxer, James Bond stuntman and bodyguard to Hollywood starsThe abiding memory that millions around the world will have of Nosher Powell, who has died aged 84, is of him fighting in vain to...
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Letter: Stephen Dodgson enjoyed being a 'quill-pen composer'
The urbane musical awareness of the composer Stephen Dodgson informed everything he undertook: not for him the extremes of serialism or minimilism. Anybody walking past the double-fronted house on...
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George Jones dies aged 81: king of honky-tonk
Country music singer who had a string of heart-breaking hitsGeorge Jones, who has died aged 81, was country music's most stylish and emotional singer. Less well-known outside the genre than his...
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John Cain obituary
My friend and colleague John Cain, who has died aged 89, played a major part in the development of social action broadcasting in Britain, through Broadcast Support Services (BSS), which made possible...
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Barrie Dobson obituary
Eminent medieval historian who was an expert on the church and its clergyBarrie Dobson, who has died aged 81, was a distinguished medieval historian and, in particular, an expert on the church and its...
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Bob Brozman obituary
Guitarist and ethnomusicologist who played with an international array of musiciansBob Brozman, who has been found dead aged 59, was a guitarist, ethnomusicologist, songwriter and teacher, as well as...
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Alison Bigrigg obituary
Consultant gynaecologist who helped to transform sexual and reproductive health services in the UKAlison Bigrigg, who has died of leukaemia aged 54, played a significant role in modernising sexual and...
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Rick Mather obituary
Architect known for his work on museums, he had a rare talent for making the most of every available spaceThe US-born architect Rick Mather, who has died aged 75 following a heart attack, left a calm...
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Marina Warner on Rick Mather: 'He had a profound vision of social and urban...
Rick Mather's friends were many and very fortunate, and he was unfailing in his welcome, in the frank integrity of his responses and the richness of his thinking – about life as well as architecture,...
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Eddie Barns obituary
My friend Eddie Barns, who has died after a period of ill health aged 63, was a Labour councillor in Hackney, east London, and will perhaps be best remembered for his defiance of the Thatcher...
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Clarice Howorth obituary
My former headteacher Clarice Howorth, who has died aged 86, was a fresh-faced Oxford graduate when she arrived in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 1950 as a Methodist missionary and biology teacher. She joined...
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CB Richards obituary
Few people leave their widow a bomb in the wardrobe, but for my father, Conway Brian Richards, that was typical. As a mathematician, physicist and researcher in the biological sciences, he loved to...
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