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Tom Vernon obituary
Writer and broadcaster who created the Fat Man on a Bicycle seriesTom Vernon, who has died aged 74, was a versatile and engaging writer, producer and presenter, known best for being the Fat Man on a...
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Marcel Reich-Ranicki obituary
The great mover and shaker of German literature, dynamic as a critic in the press and on television for more than half a centuryMarcel Reich-Ranicki, who has died aged 93, operated at the heart of...
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James O'Connell obituary
Missionary who became head of peace studies at Bradford UniversityProfessor James O'Connell, who has died aged 87 after a short illness, saw the department of peace studies at Bradford University...
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Ken Norton obituary
World heavyweight boxing champion in the 1970s who famously broke the jaw of Muhammad Ali in the first of their three fightsThe former world heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton, who has died aged 70...
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Hiroshi Yamauchi obituary
Video-games pioneer who turned Nintendo into a world brand with franchises such as Super Mario Bros and PokémonGenerations of children have grown up loving Super Mario Bros, Pokémon characters, the...
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Richard C Sarafian obituary
Director of the mystical road movie Vanishing PointVanishing Point was one of a crop of existential road movies in the early 1970s – the others included Two-Lane Blacktop and Electra Glide in Blue–...
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Ann Wordsworth obituary
Ann Wordsworth, who has died from a heart attack aged 80, was my tutor at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and a dearly loved friend. A specialist in 19th- and 20th-century literature, she was passionately...
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Chin Peng obituary
Communist guerrilla leader who fought the British and the forces of the newly independent MalayaThe ethnically Chinese, Malayan political activist and guerrilla leader Chin Peng, who has died aged 89,...
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Robert Robson obituary
Artistic director of the Lowry theatre and arts centre with a vision to 'bring the world to Salford and Salford to the world'Robert Robson, who has died suddenly aged 58, was the artistic director of...
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Rob Evans obituary
Rob Evans, my friend and fellow socialist, who has died of cancer aged 64, was the life and soul of the real "Chipping Norton set" – not the one which has been invented around the name of David...
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Ronald Bishop obituary
My husband, Ronald Bishop, who has died aged 91, was an inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. He also had a great love of life.The son of Reginald, an engineer, and his wife, Clara, Ronnie...
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Carolyn Cassady obituary
American writer and unlikely Beat icon who married Jack Kerouac's wild road companion Neal CassadyIn her book Off the Road (1990), Carolyn Cassady, who has died aged 90, charted her extraordinary life...
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Kofi Awoonor obituary
Leading Ghanaian poet, novelist and political activist whose work was firmly rooted in the traditions of the Ewe peopleThe African poet and novelist Kofi Awoonor has died aged 78 in the terrorist...
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Rosey Kirwan obituary
My great love, Rosey Kirwan, has died of cancer aged 52. She was a much-admired socialist, teacher, union activist, Irish rebel, fun-lover and supporter of Socialist Worker. She was a regular on...
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Alfred Rozelaar Green
My friend the painter Alfred Rozelaar Green, who has died aged 95, was the founder of the Anglo-French Art Centre in London and a distinguished survivor from the 1930s Parisian art world. His work...
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Lindsay Cooper obituary
Bassoonist and Henry Cow band member who enjoyed success as a film and TV composerThe musician Lindsay Cooper, who has died aged 62 of complications from multiple sclerosis, was once concerned that an...
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Sam Zwemmer obituary
My friend Sam Zwemmer, who has died aged 68 of lung cancer, was an upholsterer, interior designer, furniture painter, decorator, calligrapher, muralist and, most recently, a botanical artist. To all...
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Robert Barnard obituary
Crime writer whose zestful detective stories had a satirical streakAlthough his fiction was better known and more widely appreciated in the US, Robert Barnard, who has died aged 76, was one of the...
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George Bryan obituary
Pioneer of the British theme park who oversaw Drayton Manor in Staffordshire for more than 60 yearsFun and games were in the blood of George Bryan, one of the pioneers of the British theme park, who...
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Anthony Lawrence obituary
Veteran BBC foreign correspondent and radio broadcaster who reported on China's Cultural Revolution and the Vietnam war''Funny thing, colonialism. One lot of people ruling another lot without asking...
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