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Jeanne-Claude: Artist celebrated with her husband Christo for the pair's large-scale public artworks
Jeanne-Claude was the flamboyant half of the symbiotic artistic partnership known as "Christo and Jeanne-Claude".
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Stanley Robertson: Storyteller and folk singer who chronicled Scots Traveller history
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Stanley Robertson knew a thing or two about triumphing over adversity and still more about open-handedness. He was one of Scotland's priceless storytellers and singers. He told stories from the common treasury, nudging tales from the past into the present with contemporary touches that never compromised the integrity of the narrative. He sang, and what he sang, because every song has its time and purpose, were the auld traditional ballads through to local doggerel verse, the stuff once viewed as being as throwaway as chip paper. He was also a wonderful historian of Scots Traveller and Aberdonian working-class history – not in a hugely scholastic way, more by way of finding academe in memories of working-class life, human interest in the everyday. He told life histories in books such as his two volumes of Fish-hooses: Tales from an Aberdeen Filleter, illustrated by Eric Ritchie.
Yang Xianyi: Translator who fell foul of authority during the Cultural Revolution
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Yang Xianyi, who has died in Beijing aged 93, was a distinguished literary translator remarkable for the range of his work.
Lino Lacedelli: Mountaineer whose ascent of K2 in 1954 was shrouded in controversy
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Lino Lacedelli's story is one more proof of the often-quoted 15th century proverb "Truth will out". It is a story of triumph and of a truth concealed for more than 50 years – to be at last revealed.
Elisabeth Söderström: Soprano admired in Britain for her interpretations of Richard Strauss
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The Swedish soprano Elisabeth Söderström had a career, at home and internationally, that lasted over 40 years. Without forcing her lyrical voice she managed to sing a wide repertory that included many roles outside that category.
Ali Kordan: Former Iranian Interior Minister
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Ali Kordan, who died of heart failure on 22 November aged 51, was a former Iranian Interior Minister who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from Oxford.
Antonio de Nigris: Globe-trotting footballer
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Antonio de Nigris, who died of a suspected heart attack on 16 November aged 31, was a globe-trotting footballer who played in six different countries, representing 12 clubs in nine years.
Teddy Darvas: Award-winning film editor who worked with David Lean and Vittorio De Sica
Monday, 23 November 2009
An award-winning film editor, Hungarian émigré and friend of Alexander Korda, Teddy Darvas was a dedicated film enthusiast who worked with David Lean, the Boulting Brothers and Vittorio De Sica.
Ted Jackson: Barrister and inspirational pioneer in the coaching of young cricketers
Monday, 23 November 2009
Ted Jackson was a man of remarkable creative energy. Even while working as a successful London barrister he found time to travel hair-raisingly around the City streets on his moped, dressed in crash helmet, gauntlets and cricket whites – because Jackson's passion was the game of cricket.
Pierre Harmel: Former Belgian foreign minister
Monday, 23 November 2009
Pierre Harmel, who died on 15 November aged 98, was a former Belgian foreign minister who authored a 1967 strategy that led the Nato allies to seek detente with the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact.
James R. Lilley: CIA operative and US ambassador
Monday, 23 November 2009
James R. Lilley, who died on 19 November aged 81, was a long-standing CIA operative and later the United States ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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