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Harry Maloney obituary
My friend Harry Maloney, who has died of prostate cancer aged 70, started his working life as a designer of buildings. But he always felt an urge to take risks, which is why he left a promising career...
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John Rainbow obituary
For five decades, my friend and colleague John Rainbow, who has died aged 92, managed the central finances of the Oxford Group, the Christian charity that campaigned under the name of Moral Re-Armament...
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Jean Harvey obituary
My mother, Jean Harvey, who has died aged 83, declared at the age of six that she wanted to be an actress. She went on to a successful stage and screen career, receiving widest recognition for her work...
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John Pierce obituary
My brother John Pierce, who has died of skin cancer aged 68, was a teacher and administrator with a passion for the arts. Working for 30 years as an education officer for Coventry education authority...
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José Emilio Pacheco obituary
Award-winning Mexican poet and author of the bestselling novel Battles in the DesertIn 2010, as he was on his way to collect the Cervantes prize, the Spanish-speaking world's prize for literature, from...
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Pete Seeger obituary
US folk singer and songwriter whose radical politics made him a target of the anti-communist blacklist in the 1950s• Pete Seeger: five great performances• Pete Seeger: the man who brought politics to...
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Robin Denselow on Pete Seeger: 'He was the great American radical hero'
Pete Seeger was the great American radical hero, a man of remarkable bravery as well as commitment. He was a tall, thin, rather unworldly figure who suffered for his beliefs. But he never gave up, and...
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Jo Carritt obituary
Our friend Jo Carritt, who has died suddenly aged 65, exhibited a quiet heroism and remarkable good humour throughout his life despite suffering from a disabling progressive condition. We had known him...
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Elaine Kirkley obituary
My sister-in-law, Elaine Kirkley, who has died aged 69, endured 25 years of ill health and disability with a fortitude and good humour that inspired those around her. Elaine was a pioneer of the new...
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The Rev Denis Duncan obituary
The Rev Denis Duncan, who has died at the age of 93, helped mastermind the success of the Lin Berwick Trust, editing its monthly newsletter, writing about its work and improving the lives of people...
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George Russell obituary
My husband, George Russell, who has died aged 80, was a marine botanist who spent most of his professional life at the University of Liverpool, but his study of algae took him to many shores in Europe,...
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Timothy Penrose obituary
Tim Penrose, singer, choirmaster, organist, teacher and authority on early music, has died of pneumonia aged 64. He began his musical career as a quirister, a treble in the choir of Winchester college....
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Joan Burns obituary
Music lovers who knew Joan Burns will feel a gap in their lives following her death at the age of 91. For 70 years as a classical pianist, lecturer extraordinaire and the centre of a great network of...
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Alan Bridges obituary
Television director in the glory days of the BBC, who went on to make feature filmsAlan Bridges, who has died aged 86, was a leading director during the glory days of the BBC, from the mid-60s to the...
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Jacqueline Stokes obituary
The work of my colleague Jacqueline Stokes, who has died of cancer aged 61, enabled hundreds of hearing-impaired children to learn to listen and talk.Brought up in Dorset, she studied education at...
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Ibrahima Sylla obituary
Record producer who helped bring African music to a worldwide audience in the 1980sOf all the figures who manoeuvred African music into the world spotlight in the 1980s, Ibrahima Sylla, who has died...
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Letter: Chess with John Cornforth – a remarkable and amiable man
At school in the early 1950s I used to send in solutions to chess problems set by "Assiac" (Heinrich Fraenkel) in his New Statesman column and won quite a few prizes. I quickly became familiar with the...
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Heini Halberstam obituary
My father, Heini Halberstam, a mathematician known for his work with prime numbers, has died aged 87. Heini was an analytic number theorist who worked in one of the most mysterious areas of mathematics...
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Letter: Pete Seeger the Australian axeman
The picture accompanying Pete Seeger's obituary shows the cheerful man I remember greeting at Brisbane airport in 1963, a stop on his world tour to celebrate his new freedom and his first Australian...
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Letters: Michael Jacobs had a genius for conveying the thrill of travel
Bruce Boucher writes: The death of Michael Jacobs is a great blow to those of us who knew him while he was studying history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London, and later as a free spirit and...
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