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Donna Hartley obituary
Golden girl of British athletics in the 1970s who later became a top bodybuilderNo British athlete competing in the 1970s was more instantly recognisable than Donna Hartley, the one-time golden girl of...
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Rory Morrison obituary
Radio 4 newsreader with a voice loved by millions of listenersRory Morrison, who has died of a rare type of cancer aged 48, was a consummate broadcaster. He would glide with ease across the BBC Radio 4...
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Ronald Payne obituary
Telegraph foreign correspondent and author of books on espionage and terrorismRonald Payne, universally known as Ronnie, who has died aged 87, was an outstanding authority on every kind of espionage....
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John Bowden obituary
My father, John Bowden, a hard-working, hard-living livestock farmer, who has died aged 101, always held the view that pulling together was better than ploughing a lone furrow.He was proud to have been...
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Bernardine Bishop obituary
Writer and psychotherapist whose successful novel Unexpected Lessons in Love was published this yearBernardine Bishop, who has died aged 73, made her mark as a novelist with Unexpected Lessons in Love,...
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Simon Callow remembers Snoo Wilson: his work was 'the stuff of dreams'
Snoo Wilson's collected plays constitute a glorious Corybantic frieze covering vast tracts of human experience, filtered through an imagination that took in anthropology, history, physics, alchemy,...
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Snoo Wilson obituary
Playwright whose anarchic works were filled with vividly imagined charactersSnoo Wilson, who has died suddenly aged 64, was in the vanguard of the young playwrights revolutionising British theatre in...
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Hugh Maguire obituary
Violinist and teacher who was leader of the London Symphony and BBC Symphony orchestrasThe violinist Hugh Maguire, who has died aged 86, used his apparently effortless technique not in concertos, but...
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Milorad Miskovitch obituary
Elegant ballet dancer and choreographer who formed his own company in 1956'The ideal partner" was Alicia Markova's description of the Serbian dancer Milorad Miskovitch, who has died aged 85. To merit...
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Beryl Ritchie obituary
My friend Beryl Ritchie, who has died aged 71 after a short illness, began her career working in a record shop near her home town of Ardrossan, Ayrshire, and ended up as the disc cutter for such...
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Gyula Horn obituary
Prime minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998 who initiated his country's entry into the Common Market and improved relations with the westOn 27 July 1989, the foreign secretaries of Austria, Alois Mock,...
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Kay Speck obituary
My mother, Kay Speck, who has died aged 92, blamed all the ills of the world on Margaret Thatcher, and having outlived "that woman", she must have thought it was time to go.Growing old was something...
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Paul Coates obituary
My former husband, Paul Coates, who has died aged 68 after suffering from the brain disease cerebral amyloid angiopathy, was senior lecturer in architecture at the University of East London (UEL). He...
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Norman Atkinson obituary
Labour party treasurer and backbench MP who was chairman of the Tribune group in parliamentAs a trade unionist and then a Labour MP, Norman Atkinson, who has died aged 90, displayed the unusual degree...
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Terence Morris obituary
Professor of criminology and criminal justice at the LSE who campaigned against capital punishment and life imprisonmentAlthough Terence Morris's academic career as professor of criminology and...
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Peter Middleton obituary
My grandfather, Peter Middleton, who has died aged 86, was not a man who let ageing interfere with living. He was enthusiastic about many things: classical music (played at deafening levels),...
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Peter Lehmann obituary
Prominent Australian winemaker who developed highly rated Barossa shirazPeter Lehmann, who has died aged 82, was Australia's best-known winemaker, nicknamed the "baron of the Barossa" after the Barossa...
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Anna Wing, who played Lou Beale on EastEnders, dies aged 98
Actor who became a household name in her 70s as Albert Square's indomitable matriarchWhen Anna Wing took on her most famous role, in EastEnders in 1985, the Sun ran the headline: "Enter the dragon ......
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Gwyn Hanssen Pigott obituary
Potter who worked in Australia, Britain and France, and created a new language for ceramicsGwyn Hanssen Pigott, who has died aged 78, was Australia's most distinguished potter. Because she had learned...
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Alan Whicker obituary
Broadcaster and journalist best known for his long-running TV series Whicker's WorldIn a 1969 television documentary about Haiti, Alan Whicker, who has died aged 87, asked the notorious dictator "Papa...
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