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Helen Thomas obituary
Tenacious US journalist and veteran White House correspondent who was not afraid to express her own strongly held viewsAt a time when US news media confined most female journalists to writing about...
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Mel Smith obituary
Comedian, actor, writer and director who came to prominence in satirical TV sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock NewsMel Smith was once upstaged by a talking gorilla. He was playing a zoologist in a sketch...
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Paul Feiler obituary
Abstract artist whose paintings resembled sea symphonies and mystical portalsThe Anglo-German painter Paul Feiler often called himself "the last of the Mohicans" – in his case, referring to the...
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Letter: 'One of the "technologies" Norman advocated was speed reading'
Norman MacKenzie (obituary, 3 July) was a true polymath. In the late 1960s I was given my first academic post, a fellowship to research audio-visual resources for American studies, in his new Centre...
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Sir Colin Stansfield Smith obituary
Visionary architect who created a radical new look for schools and public buildingsSir Colin Stansfield Smith, who has died aged 80 after suffering a stroke, was responsible for changing the face of...
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Lawrie Reilly obituary
Scotland and Hibernian player famous for his prolific goalscoringThe Scottish footballer Lawrie Reilly, who has died aged 84, was the last surviving member of Hibernian's "famous five" forward line,...
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Dennis Farina obituary
US film and TV actor who infused grittier roles with his experience of almost two decades as a Chicago policemanThe Italian-American character actor Dennis Farina, who has died aged 69 after suffering...
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Leonard Garment obituary
Wall Street lawyer and political adviser who remained loyal to Richard Nixon for as long as possible through WatergateLeonard Garment was an original: a Wall Street lawyer who played jazz...
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Rosemary Fost obituary
My mother, Rosemary Fost, who has died aged 87, devoted her formidable mind and unquenchable energy to research, campaigning and prolific networking in the fields of health, ecology, childbirth and...
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Vincenzo Cerami obituary
Italian screenwriter, novelist and poet who formed a successful partnership with the film director Roberto BenigniAlthough he was a respected novelist and poet, Vincenzo Cerami, who has died aged 72...
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Letter: Bernardine Bishop's passionate commitment to psychotherapy
The writer Bernardine Bishop (obituary, 6 July) practised as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for nearly 30 years. She made an immense contribution to the clinical and scientific life of the London...
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John Casablancas obituary
Entrepreneur who created wealth from beauty by inventing the supermodelJohn Casablancas created the definitive fantasy of a fashion model, out of his own desires and a realisation that there was a need...
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Emile Griffith obituary
World champion boxer who inflicted fatal injuries on an opponent in the ringAlthough Emile Griffith, who has died age 75, was a world champion at both welterweight and middleweight at a time when those...
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Letter: Sir John Burgh enhanced the British Council's standing
Though Sir John Burgh was indeed a remarkable person, his time at the British Council was more complex than the obituary suggested. It is always difficult when Whitehall mandarins find themselves in...
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Bernadette Lafont obituary
Actor with a natural and rebellious style, she helped to launch the French New WaveBernadette Lafont, who has died aged 74, could have claimed to be the first female star of the Nouvelle Vague....
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Chiwoniso obituary
Zimbabwean singer, songwriter and master of the mbira, a thumb piano traditionally used by male musiciansThe Zimbabwean musician Chiwoniso Maraire, better known as Chiwoniso or simply Chi, has died of...
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George Mitchell, father of fracking, dies at 94
Innovator who first used hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas changed the energy landscape late in his lifeGeorge Phydias Mitchell, a petroleum engineer who transformed the natural gas...
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Letter: Bernardine Bishop's passionate commitment to psychotherapy
The writer Bernardine Bishop (obituary, 6 July) practised as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for nearly 30 years. She made an immense contribution to the clinical and scientific life of the London...
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John Casablancas obituary
Entrepreneur who created wealth from beauty by inventing the supermodelJohn Casablancas created the definitive fantasy of a fashion model, out of his own desires and a realisation that there was a need...
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Emile Griffith obituary
World champion boxer who inflicted fatal injuries on an opponent in the ringAlthough Emile Griffith, who has died aged 75, was a world champion at both welterweight and middleweight at a time when...
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