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César Portillo de la Luz obituary
Cuban songwriter whose Contigo en la Distancia (In the Distance, With You) became a huge hitIn 1946 a housepainter and amateur songwriter named César Portillo de la Luz, who has died aged 90, came up...
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William Plunkett obituary
Furniture designer whose work combined sculptural flair with engineering precisionThe furniture designer and manufacturer William Plunkett, who has died at the age of 84, made a memorable and lasting...
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Peter and Phyllis Mond obituary
My parents, Peter and Phyllis Mond, who have died aged 96 and 92 respectively, were married in 1948 and shared the postwar optimism about building a better, fairer society – a commitment they never...
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Joe Farman obituary
Scientist whose discovery of the depletion of the ozone layer sparked global action to phase out dangerous chemicalsJoe Farman, who has died aged 82, was the leader of a small group of scientists who...
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Anne Valery obituary
Co-writer of the TV series Tenko who dramatised the lives of women overlooked in most accounts of the second world warWhen Anne Valery was writing Tenko, the 1980s BBC drama about the sufferings of...
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Billie Sol Estes obituary
Spectacularly successful Texas fraudster who figured in conspiracy theories about the death of John F KennedyIn Texan tall tales, the cowboy Pecos Bill could shoot all but one "lone star" out of the...
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Paul Shane obituary
Sitcom star whose tragi-comic character Ted Bovis in Hi-de-Hi! was his great triumphIn one episode of the 1980s sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, the tragi-comic holiday camp crooner and funnyman Ted Bovis dreams up a...
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Jorge Rafaél Videla dies in jail aged 87
Argentinian dictator infamous for torture, murder and the abduction of children of his opponentsThe former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafaél Videla was a prominent member of the group of uniformed...
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Joyce Robertson obituary
Writer and researcher who studied the effect on children of separation from their parents, particularly in hospitalsJoyce Robertson, who has died aged 94, made a major contribution to the care of young...
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David Bridgman obituary
Between 1961, when London printing started, and 1976, the Guardian was published simultaneously in London and Manchester – where the northern editions, as well as those for Scotland and Ireland, were...
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Letter: Paul Shane and Alan Bennett's day out
Paul Shane was too modest in his summary of his performance in Alan Bennett's A Day Out ("All I had to say was, 'My bum's numb!'"). In a scene at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, his character...
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Aleksei Balabanov obituary
Film-maker known for his dark take on post-Soviet RussiaAleksei Balabanov, who has died aged 54 after suffering a seizure, saw himself as the "anti-establishment rock'n'roller of Russian film" with an...
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Bob Leakey obituary
Our father, Bob Leakey, who has died aged 98, established his reputation as a leading caver during the early years of the second world war. Most significantly, he explored and mapped the highly...
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Adrian Bunting obituary
For many people there is one path to take in life. Our friend Adrian Bunting, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 47, did not see it that way. A playwright, construction manager, compere, he pursued...
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Ernst Klee obituary
Writer who exposed the role of German doctors in the mass murder of disabled people during the second world warThe journalist Ernst Klee, who has died aged 71 after a long illness, uncovered – in the...
View ArticleThe Doors' Ray Manzarek: a life – in pictures
From playing with the Doors in venues across the world to hanging out with a plethora of musicians including Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper, we look back on the life of keyboardist Ray Manzarek
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Eddie Braben obituary
Scriptwriter behind the Morecambe and Wise television showsThe scriptwriter Eddie Braben, who has died aged 82, was best known for his outstanding 14-year association with the television comedians Eric...
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Paddy Fraser obituary
In her lifetime, my mother, Paddy Fraser, who has died aged 94, probably met almost every 20th-century poet of significance writing in English.She was born Eileen Lucy Andrew (but was known as Paddy...
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George Gray obituary
Leading authority on the chemistry of liquid crystals whose work led to the development of the ubiquitous LCDThe public gauges scientists by how their research affects everyday lives. The legacy of...
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Letter: Brian Glover stood up for the comedian Paul Shane
Paul Shane was discovered by the great actor and writer Brian Glover, who had seen him perform his stand-up act on the northern club circuit. So impressed was Glover with Shane's talent that he wrote a...
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