Obituaries
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Gavin Hodge: Celebrity hairdresser who scandalised Sixties society
Gavin Hodge was a hugely fashionable hairdresser who, beginning in the London of the swinging Sixties, packed into his life an inordinate amount of drink, drugs and sex.
Inside Obituaries
Professor Thamsanqa Kambule: Inspirational teacher who fought for high-quality black education in apartheid South Africa
Thursday, 12 November 2009
It was an article of faith among many whites in apartheid South Africa that blacks were incapable of doing mathematics. Their belief was that black brains were simply not up to it. Thamsanqa Wilkinson "Wilkie" Kambule mocked the myth and gave the lie to it: he was black and a gifted mathematician; he was also an inspiring teacher who spoke with pride of several pupils who emigrated and went on to study nuclear physics, a field denied to them at home.
Monica Pidgeon: Influential editor of 'Architectural Design' for more than 30 years
Thursday, 12 November 2009
For more than three decades Monica Pidgeon edited the Bloomsbury-based Architectural Design (AD).
Malcolm Laycock: Broadcaster who parted company with the BBC in a row over the age of Radio 2's target audience
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
By employing cutting-edge presenters, sometimes with disastrous consequences, BBC Radio 2 has been modernising its output.
Edgar Lee: Last survivor of an heroic 1942 attack on the Luftwaffe by six Swordfish biplanes
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
On 12 February 1942 six obsolete Swordfish biplanes flew against the strongest force Hitler ever put to sea – two battleships, a heavy cruiser and powerful escorts afloat and in the air.
Gladys Gillem: Wrestling 'heel'
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Gladys "Killem" Gillem, who has died aged 89, spent her professional wrestling career as a heel, but not just any heel.
Lady Tumim: Campaigner fearless of authority in her efforts to reform charity law
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Lady Tumim, who died suddenly last Thursday, was a formidable public campaigner for changes in the management of charities and reform of the law respecting charities, but she was also an ebullient, vivacious and fun-loving person who enhanced and enriched the lives of her friends and family.
Tom Wheatcroft: Motor racing promoter who fought the sport's governing body to bring Formula 1 to Donington Park
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Frederick Bernard "Tom" Wheatcroft was an ebullient and charismatic man who loved nothing more than a good scrap, as numerous petty-minded planning officers and councillors found over the years.
Lives Remembered: Ben Fisher
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The academic and railway historian Ben Fisher, who has died unexpectedly aged 45, was in some ways a figure from a past age, in others a man with his face set very firmly towards the future.
Robert Ginty: Actor best known for his action role as 'The Exterminator'
Monday, 9 November 2009
The actor Robert Ginty became a leading star of action movies after he played the title role in the low-budget hit The Exterminator (1980). For the next decade he was the cut-price equivalent of Schwarzenegger or Stallone, making violent thrillers that invariably went straight to video but built him a large following of action fans.
Camillo Cibin: Bodyguard to six popes who twice intervened in attempts on the life of John Paul II
Monday, 9 November 2009
Camillo Cibin was bodyguard to six popes and head of Vatican security during a long career devoted to the personal protection of the head of the Catholic church, a role which took him to more than a hundred countries.
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