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Sarah Morgan obituary
Sarah Morgan, who has died from cancer aged 65, was a linchpin of the English traditional folk scene. What had begun as a musical interest led her through a capella harmony singing with Mary Eagle,...
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Dennis Knight obituary
My father, Dennis Knight, who has died at the aged 87, was a musician of many talents, starting his professional life as a concert pianist and moving into opera.Born in Sunderland, he began to play the...
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Annabel Freyberg obituary
Journalist who chronicled the loss of her daughter, and her own illness, in a series of clear-sighted articlesAnnabel Freyberg was a gifted writer and editor with a rare sense of style, who was arts...
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Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, dies aged 67
Businessman who turned to writing late in life and scored a huge international hit with his first novelWhen Paul Torday, who has died aged 67, published his first novel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, in...
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Norman Woods obituary
My father, Norman Woods, who has died aged 82, was a dedicated public servant in education and health.Born in Northampton, Norman left school in 1945 at the age of 14. He began his working life as a...
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Eyad Sarraj obituary
My friend and mentor Eyad Sarraj, who has died aged 69 after suffering from multiple myeloma, was not only Gaza's first and most distinguished psychiatrist, but also a tireless chronicler of pain and...
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David Coleman obituary
The BBC's leading sports presenter for more than four decadesThe death of David Coleman at the age of 87 signs off an already distant era when television broadcasts of Britain's national sporting...
View ArticleA graphic tribute to Peter O'Toole by JAKe
A tribute to the late Peter O'Toole, who died last week aged 81, by illustrator and comic artist JAKe
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Colin Murray obituary
My father, Colin Murray, who has died aged 65 of heart failure after suffering from the autoimmune disorder Churg-Strauss syndrome, was a distinguished anthropologist whose scholarship and lifelong...
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Anthony Harrison obituary
The architect Anthony Harrison, who has died aged 75 after suffering a heart attack while working on his wooden launch, Sally, on the River Dart in Devon, held a belief that the built environment...
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian designer of the world-famous AK-47 assault rifle that bears his nameMikhail Timofey- evich Kalashnikov, who has died aged 94, was the Russian designer of the world-famous firearm to which he...
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Arthur Birtwistle obituary
Pioneering British climber whose achievements in Snowdonia and the Peak District were stamped with a certain eleganceArthur Birtwistle, who has died aged 95, was the last survivor of a group of...
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Addison Cresswell obituary
Influential comedy agent who wheeled and dealed to turn his clients into starsThe colourful comedy agent Addison Cresswell, who has died suddenly at the age of 53, changed the face of British...
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Letter: Maurice Cockrill obituary
I met the painter Maurice Cockrill one evening in April 1968 in O'Connor's, the pub that had become the hub of the Liverpool poetry scene. He was then living in a room on the first floor at 64 Canning...
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Richard Britnell obituary
Economic historian who showed that commerce played an essential part in medieval lifeAs we struggle with current financial crises, we might be tempted to look fondly back to times when economics were...
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Peter Geach obituary
Prominent Catholic philosopher admired for his mastery of logic and work on ethicsThere have been several notable Catholic philosophers in the last half century, among them Michael Dummett, but...
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Maurice Whitbread obituary
My husband, Maurice Whitbread, who has died aged 92, took profound pleasure in running a radically progressive art history course at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Metropolitan University) from 1970 to...
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Cécile Nobrega obituary
My mother, Cécile Nobrega, who has died aged 94, was an accomplished classical composer (her piece Twilight has been sung by many national choirs), poet, sculptor and educator.In the 1990s, she started...
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Yusef Lateef obituary
American jazz musician who experimented with Middle Eastern and Asian instrumentsLong before cross-cultural fusions involving jazz musicians became the norm, Yusef Lateef, who has died aged 93, made a...
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Rudolph Wessely obituary
My father, Rudolph Wessely, who has died aged 88, was on the last trainload of Jewish children to escape from Prague on the Kindertransport, reaching Liverpool Street station in London, and safety, on...
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