Obituaries
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Willy DeVille: Singer and guitarist with Mink DeVille who explored America's rich spectrum of popular music
Best known in the UK for the streetwise latin-flavoured soul of "Spanish Stroll", a Top 20 single for his group Mink DeVille in 1977, the American singer and songwriter Willy DeVille was justly revered as a major figure by rock fans throughout continental Europe, yet enjoyed only critical recognition in the US.
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Brenda Joyce: Actress who played Jane to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Brenda Joyce played Tarzan's mate, Jane, in five films, and was the only actress in the sound era to play opposite two Tarzans.
Professor Jerry Cohen
Saturday, 15 August 2009
It is impossible to imagine Jerry Cohen silenced, writes Carole Angier. His voice was himself – rapid, nasal, slicing through debate like a knife, telling Jewish jokes, imitating other people's voices so perfectly that you were convinced they were in the room with you, years after they had died.
Les Paul: Influential guitarist whose technical innovations helped create the sound of rock 'n' roll
Friday, 14 August 2009
Les Paul, the "Wizard of Waukesha" was, perhaps, the most influential guitarist of the twentieth century.
Doctor Aidan Southall: Urban anthropologist who pioneered the study of African cities
Friday, 14 August 2009
Aidan Southall helped invent urban anthropology, was a pioneer in the study of African cities and became a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain – because of a banana boat.
Noel Vincent: Priest and broadcaster who was a staunch defender of the BBC's religious programming
Friday, 14 August 2009
Even a quarter of a century ago there were many in senior positions at the BBC who felt that programmes of Christian worship were anachronistic. They could be replaced by programmes which could "reach a younger audience," one speaker suggested at a conference for the staff of BBC Religious Broadcasting in 1983.
Riccardo Cassin: Mountaineer whose exploits across five decades gave him legendary status
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Riccardo Cassin came to have the status of a god in the climbing world.
Ian Shepherd: Archaeologist who led the way in Scottish research
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Ian Shepherd, doyen of Scottish Local Authority archaeologists, has died at the early age of 58. The first such post-holder in the country, appointed to the newly formed Grampian Region in 1975, he was eventually Principal Archaeologist, Aberdeenshire Council, overseeing cultural heritage matters also for Angus and Moray.
Professor Jerry Cohen: Maverick philosopher who subjected Marxism to the rigours of analytical philosophy
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Proof of the catholicity and openness of British philosophy is that it could embrace and heap the highest of its academic honours upon a maverick such as Jerry Cohen.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Mental health campaigner who founded the Special Olympics
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
In 1962, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her husband, Sargent Shriver, started a day camp on a Maryland farm. That first summer, 36 mentally handicapped children were cared for at the camp. Eunice Shriver realised that these handicapped children were better at sports than carers had previously realised.
Budd Schulberg: Screenwriter who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront'
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Budd Schulberg, who wrote the definitive book about ruthless Hollywood ambition, What Makes Sammy Run?, and who won an Oscar for scripting On The Waterfront (1954), was a true child of Hollywood.
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