Obituaries
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Otto Graf Lambsdorff: Flamboyant West German economics minister who brought down Helmut Schmidt
Otto Graf Lambsdorff had the distinction of serving as economics minister in Helmut Schmidt's left-of-centre government from 1977 until 1982, and then in Helmut Kohl's right-of-centre coalition until 1984.
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Anthony Rota: Bookseller whose style and charm were valued by writers and collectors alike
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Anthony Rota was the grandee of London modern first edition bookselling. Other booksellers might have made more noise and attracted more newspaper headlines, but Rota got on quietly with the business.
Huang Tingxin: Veteran of the liberation of France
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Huang Tingxin, who died on 11 November aged 91, was the last Chinese veteran of the 1944 liberation of France.
Thomas Joseph O'Malley: Nasa engineer who oversaw the first US manned space flight
Monday, 14 December 2009
Thomas Joseph O'Malley, a Nasa engineer who pushed the button that sent the first US manned space flight into orbit in 1962, died of pneumonia on 6 November in a Florida hospital, shortly after a phone call from the former Mercury astronaut and former US Senator, John Glenn.
Liam Maher: Lead singer with the 1990s 'baggy' band Flowered Up
Monday, 14 December 2009
When Flowered Up formed on a Camden council estate in 1989, they didn't seem to have much of an agenda beyond "a few good gigs and some laughs", as their lead vocalist Liam Maher put it two years later.
John Billot: Journalist with the 'Western Mail' for 43 years
Monday, 14 December 2009
No man could possibly have written more words on Welsh rugby than John Billot, the former sports editor of the Western Mail newspaper in Cardiff. During a 43-year career at the paper, he rose to become the chief rugby correspondent and sports editor.
Gene Barry: The suave Chief of Detectives in the 1960s series 'Burke's Law'
Saturday, 12 December 2009
As the suave and witty Los Angeles Chief of Detectives in Burke's Law, Gene Barry brought to television screens a policeman who turned up to crime scenes in style, sitting in the comfortably upholstered rear of a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce.
Neil Dougall: Versatile and creative Scottish international footballer
Saturday, 12 December 2009
The Scottish international Neil Dougall was a jack of most footballing trades and a master of several as he helped Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle to a trio of divisional titles in the decade and a half after the Second World War.
Prince Alexandre of Belgium
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Prince Alexandre of Belgium, who died on 29 November aged 67, was the eldest child from the second marriage of King Leopold III, to Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and was the half-brother of the present king, Albert III.
Colonel Jack Pitchford
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Colonel Jack Pitchford, who died on 2 December aged 82, was a fighter pilot from Mississippi who survived seven years in the notorious Vietnamese prison camp known as the Hanoi Hilton.
Ikuo Hirayama
Saturday, 12 December 2009
The Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, who died in Tokyo on 2 December aged 79, was a campaigner for the preservation of the world's cultural heritage known for his works on the Silk Road and Buddhism.
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