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Letter: Bill Pertwee's homely hilarity
I have fond memories of my uncle Bill Pertwee from when I was a child. As a member of the Round the Horne team, he was at the forefront of radio comedy in the late 1950s and early 60s. In those days,...
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Ron Davies
Southampton striker who was once the First Division's top scorerAfter he scored four goals against Manchester United for Southampton in August 1969, Ron Davies was described by United's manager Matt...
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Wayne Miller obituary
Magnum photographer celebrated for his images of the second world war and Chicago's South SideThe American photographer Wayne Miller, who has died aged 94, once said his mission was "to photograph...
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Mulgrew Miller obituary
Influential US jazz pianist with an ebullient and graceful styleThe dazzling technique of the jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller sometimes sounded as if it was about to burst the stays of the tightly...
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Charles Mason obituary
The artist Charles Mason, who has taken his own life aged 50, created a remarkable body of work. His knowledge of shape and his appreciation of an unlikely surface recalled both Alberto Giacometti and...
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Pat Jeffery obituary
My aunt Pat Jeffery, who has died aged 92, was creative throughout her life: knitting, crocheting, embroidering, dressmaking, painting and, with her husband, Adrian, creating interesting gardens.She...
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Tony Swainson obituary
My brother, Tony Swainson, has died of cancer aged 71. His love of fishing and language, and his eye for detail and quirky sense of humour, led to his book Tangled Lines becoming a favourite among the...
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Mary Myers obituary
Psychiatrist who was one of the great early advocates for people with learning disabilitiesMary Myers, who has died aged 82, often recounted how, as a "mental handicap" psychiatrist in the early 1980s,...
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William Roff obituary
My husband, William Roff, who has died aged 84, was emeritus professor of Islamic and Southeast Asian history at Columbia University, in New York. He retired to the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, in the...
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David Sainty obituary
My father, David Sainty, who has died aged 96, was a proud Scot, respected solicitor, ardent pacifist, Quaker, music lover (from Gilbert and Sullivan to Beethoven), writer, artist, performer,...
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Graham Walker obituary
Founding member of comedy institution the GrumbleweedsGraham Walker, who has died of cancer aged 69, was a comic and musician whose inspired ad-libbing helped to make the Grumbleweeds a comedy...
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Lord Gilbert obituary
Former Labour defence minister who described the party's non-nuclear policy as 'an albatross'John Gilbert, who has died aged 86, was a brilliant, charismatic and controversial Labour politician whose...
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Angela Puttock obituary
My mother, Angela Puttock, has died of cancer aged 66. She started out teaching in junior schools in London and moved to Watford when she married my father, Bob, in 1970. They were so desperate to keep...
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Ben Milstein obituary
Surgeon who was at the forefront of heart surgery in the UKBen Milstein, who has died aged 94, was at the forefront of cardiothoracic surgery in the UK. On his 40th birthday, in 1958, he performed the...
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Christopher Keith Hall obituary
Senior legal adviser of Amnesty International who played a leading role in the formation of the international criminal courtChristopher Keith Hall, who has died aged 66 after suffering from cancer, was...
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Sir Patrick Nairne obituary
Distinguished public servant who worked at the MoD and went on to head the DHSSSir Patrick Nairne, who has died aged 91, was one of Britain's great, and most enlightened, public servants at a time when...
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Ruairí Ó Brádaigh obituary
IRA chief of staff and president of Sinn FéinRuairí Ó Brádaigh, who has died aged 80, was an IRA army council member and emerged from the nationalist movement's realignment of 1969-71 as president of...
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Tom Sharpe obituary
Comic novelist in the mould of Wodehouse and Waugh, he was best known for Wilt and Porterhouse BlueTom Sharpe, who has died aged 85, was in the great tradition of English comic novelists and his bawdy...
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Mary Guest obituary
Our friend and colleague Mary Guest, who has died aged 74, championed the cause of people with Usher syndrome, an inherited condition causing severe deafness followed by retinitis pigmentosa (RP),...
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Carl Poll obituary
In 1990, our friend and colleague Carl Poll, who has died aged 63 after complications following a lung transplant, formed the organisation KeyRing, which creates supported living networks comprising 10...
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