Obituaries
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Edward Woodward: Star of 'Callan', 'The Equalizer' and 'The Wicker Man'
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.
Inside Obituaries
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.
Robert Enke: International goalkeeper who committed suicide
Monday, 16 November 2009
The goalkeeper Robert Enke, who was widely tipped for the No 1 position in Germany's team for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, was killed by an express train on 10 November. Jörg Neblung, Enke's friend and adviser, confirmed that "Robert took his own life."
A. John Poole: Sculptor, letter-cutter and restorer whose love of architecture informed his monumental works
Monday, 16 November 2009
Anthony John Poole was one of the most distinguished and versatile British architectural sculptors, letter-cutters and restorers during the last half-century. His base was the Midlands, which has many of his sculptures, but his fine and often monumental works are to be found much further afield. Britain produced many excellent figurative sculptors during the 20th century whose achievement is now slowly being evaluated. The work of such skilled practitioners as Bainbridge Copnall, Frank Dobson, George Fullard, Richard Garbe, A. H. Gerrard, Dora Gordine, Maurice Lambert and Leon Underwood has for too long been overshadowed by a national near-obsession with a few names such as Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
Vitaly Ginzburg: Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped the Soviet Union develop the hydrogen bomb
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Jewish Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist, who was "saved" by the hydrogen bomb, died in a Moscow hospital on 8 November aged 93. He was widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Soviet H-bomb.
Lives Remembered: Liz Laycock
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Liz Laycock, an inspirational educationalist who died in September, spent the early years of her career teaching in London primary schools before working as an adviser with the prestigious Centre for Language in Primary Education (CLPE). After her appointment to Roehampton University London she ran the English Education team for many years as well the Primary PGCE course. She retired from Roehampton in 2003.
Parry Gordon: Rugby league scrum-half regarded as unlucky not to play for Britain
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Parry Gordon had a good claim to being the best scrum-half never to play for Great Britain, but he went a long way towards making up for that omission with a long and distinguished career for his only club.
Obits in Brief: Dr. William Ganz
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Dr. William Ganz, who died on 10 November aged 90, was a pioneering cardiologist who co-invented a specialised catheter. In 1970, Dr. H.J.C. Swan and Ganz, who was born in Slovakia and moved to the US in 1966, invented a balloon-tipped catheter which measures heart function and blood flow in critically ill patients.
Qian Xuesen: Scientist and pioneer of China's missile and space programmes
Friday, 13 November 2009
Qian Xuesen was a rocket scientist who was regarded as the father of China's missile and space technology programme.
Shelby Singleton: Record producer who unearthed undiscovered treasures in the vaults of the Sun label
Friday, 13 November 2009
The record producer and label owner Shelby Singleton is associated with several American hits of the 1960s but he will be best remembered for his re-marketing of the Sun Records catalogue in Memphis. He admitted that he had no great musical talent, but he knew what record buyers wanted to hear.
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