Obituaries
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2009: The lives that ended – the legacies they left behind
Soldiers, actors, writers, activists and singers – just a few of the public figures who died this year
Inside Obituaries
Bidding a sporting farewell...
Sunday, 27 December 2009
The great and the good of sport who passed away in 2009, Paul Newman salutes them all.
Professor Humphrey Kay: Haematologist who revolutionised the treatment of leukaemia
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Professor Humphrey Kay was a pioneer in the treatment of leukaemia and transformed the way doctors dealt with the disease.
Robert S. Baker: Producer, writer and director who moved from horror films to many cult television series of the 1960s
Saturday, 26 December 2009
After making B-movie thrillers and bloodthirsty films to rival the Hammer horror pictures, Robert S. Baker found his greatest success as one of television's top producers of action series, from The Saint and The Baron to The Persuaders!
Yvonne King Burch
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Yvonne King Burch, who died in Santa Barbara, California after a fall on 20 December aged 89, gained early fame as one of the singing King Sisters in the big-band era and later brought her extended musical clan into show business as the King Family.
Grigory Baklanov
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Grigory Baklanov, who died on 23 December aged 86, was a Russian author and editor who wrote fiction which tapped into his Second World War experience.
Albert Scanlon: Busby Babe who survived the Munich disaster but never fulfilled his potential as a footballer
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Albert Scanlon was the most enigmatic of Manchester United's Busby Babes, the group of young, extravagantly talented athletes who were pushing back the boundaries of what was hitherto deemed possible on the English football scene when their world was shattered by the Munich air disaster.
Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri: Ayatollah Khomeini's designated successor who fell out of favour with Iran's revolutionary leader
Thursday, 24 December 2009
The most important turning point in the life of Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri came in the late 1980s, when the authorities in Iran brusquely ordered his picture taken down from mosques and government offices.
Alaina Reed-Amini
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Alaina Reed-Amini, who died on 17 December aged 63, was the Broadway star and television actress best known for her long-running role on Sesame Street.
Jack Hixon
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Jack Hixon, who died on 20 December aged 88, was the football scout who discovered Alan Shearer, the former Newcastle United and England captain.
Craigie Aitchison: Painter renowned for his use of colour who refused to be tied down to a school or genre
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
For 50 years, the painter Craigie Aitchison drew on the same small repertoire of images: crucifixions, Italian landscapes, portraits of black men and pictures of dogs, usually Bedlington Terriers.
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