Obituaries
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Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene
For four decades, Jeff Clyne led the way as the most accomplished and versatile of British bass players.
Inside Obituaries
Professor Nick Atkin: Celebrated scholar of French and Catholic history
Friday, 20 November 2009
Nick Atkin's untimely death from meningitis at the age of 49 has robbed the historical world of a scholar whose research and writings have done much to illuminate modern French and Catholic history.
Pamela Carruthers: Show jumping course designer
Friday, 20 November 2009
Pamela Carruthers had a profound influence on show jumping courses in many parts of the world. Having started through the usual route of designing for novice horses, she had caught the attention of the late Douglas Bunn when he was preparing to open the All England Show Jumping Course at Hickstead in West Sussex and she readily accepted his invitation to help design the fences for this bold concept. Together they designed the fences (both permanent and moveable) as well as the course for the inaugural British Jumping Derby in 1961. Carruthers was there when Hickstead opened in 1960 and she remained as senior course designer for almost 30 years.
John McWilliam: Highly respected politician who served as an Opposition whip
Thursday, 19 November 2009
As a member of the Speaker's Panel – senior MPs, not ministers, who chair the committee stage of bills in the House of Commons – John McWilliam was procedurally authoritative and unflappable.
Chris Harman: Editor of 'Socialist Worker' whose intellectual stature gave him an influence beyond party ranks
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Chris Harman, editor of International Socialism Journal and, before that, of Socialist Worker, and a leading figure in the Socialist Workers Party for more than four decades, has died in Cairo of a heart attack. This was all the more shocking because it was so unexpected.
Sir Howard Morrison: Singer, entertainer and Maori activist
Thursday, 19 November 2009
With his rich tenor voice and easy-going, jocular stage manner, Howard Morrison forged a successful international career in light entertainment in an era when few New Zealanders even imagined such a thing was possible.
Tomaz Humar: Mountaineer idolised in his home country but resented by many in the climbing community
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
When word started to circulate late last week that Tomaz Humar was missing on a Himalayan peak and that a helicopter rescue mission was underway, there was a sense of déjà vu among mountaineers.
Daniel Melnick: Producer who gave 'Straw Dogs' and 'Midnight Express' the green light
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The Hollywood film producer and studio executive Daniel Melnick was responsible for authorising the production of some notable movies, ranging from the controversially violent Straw Dogs (1971) to the joyous That's Entertainment (1974), which celebrated the wealth of musical treasures in the vaults of MGM.
Edward Woodward: Star of 'Callan', 'The Equalizer' and 'The Wicker Man'
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Two espionage series made Edward Woodward a television star on both sides of the Atlantic. First, British viewers saw him as the British Intelligence hit-man in Callan, then he was signed up to star as the tough Robert McCall in the US series The Equalizer.
Lord Steinberg: Bookmaker who left Belfast after being shot by the IRA and became a Tory grandee
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Leonard Steinberg's eventful life took him from running an illegal backstreet bookies in Belfast to a seat in the Lords and high position in the Conservative party. Along the way he made a fortune, and was shot by the IRA. He became one of the grandees of the British bookmaking industry, building the Stanley Leisure Group into a concern with more than 600 betting shops and almost 50 casinos. He once said, probably with affected modesty, that he was not a great businessman but was "a great contacts man". None the less, his business acumen propelled him into the Rich List with a personal fortune of up to £100m.
Dickie Peterson: Front man for the influential American power trio Blue Cheer
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
The original anthem of teenage frustration, "Summertime Blues" has proved one of the most enduring songs of the rock era, and has been covered by many acts over the five decades since its creator Eddie Cochran took it into the charts in 1958. It featured in The Who's repertoire from 1967, and their heavy version from the Live At Leeds album made the Top 40 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1970.
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