Obituaries
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Ian Carmichael: Actor who played likeable toffs in golden age of British comedy
A career which began with a performance as a robot in the experimental RUR at the People's Palace, Mile End, followed by Julius Caesar on what was then the London "fringe" at the Embassy Theatre (both 1939) looked as if it was heading in distinctly unorthodox directions.
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Arthur McIntyre: England cricketer who kept wicket throughout Surrey's run of seven consecutive 1950s county titles
Monday, 8 February 2010
Arthur McIntyre was the wicketkeeper in the great Surrey side that won the County Championship in seven consecutive summers from 1952 to 1958. He was the consummate professional, the best "day in, day out" keeper on the county circuit, standing up to the stumps not only to the Surrey spin twins Jim Laker and Tony Lock but also to the awkward medium pace of Alec Bedser, all of them bowling on lively, uncovered pitches.
Jacinto Higueras Cátedra: Last surviving member of Lorca's 'la Barraca' theatre group
Monday, 8 February 2010
Jacinto Higueras Cátedra was the last surviving member of Federico García Lorca's legendary student theatre group la Barraca.
Briefly: Aaron Stovitz
Monday, 8 February 2010
Aaron Stovitz, who died on 1 February aged 85, was the original prosecutor of Charles Manson and three followers who was removed from the case after a dispute with his boss over out-of-court comments.
Gil Merrick: England goalkeeper unfairly blamed for the heavy defeats against Hungary in 1953 and 1954
Saturday, 6 February 2010
When England's ludicrously misguided notion of itself as the world's premier footballing power was eviscerated by the rampaging Hungarians in the early 1950s it was the humbling task of goalkeeper Gil Merrick to retrieve the ball from his net 13 times.
Peter Hodgkiss: Mountaineer and publisher whose Ernest Press extended the scope and ambition of climbing literature
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Heaven forbid, but if my library of mountain books were to catch fire right now with just a few minutes to rescue treasured volumes, I'd rifle the shelves for those with the image of a Gutenberg-era screw press on the spine – the distinctive logo of The Ernest Press.
Howard Zinn: Historian whose criticisms of American social policy made him a hero of the Left
Friday, 5 February 2010
In 1980, the historian and activist Howard Zinn published The people's history of the United States, which turned inside out the traditional perspectives of American history.
Professor A.G.H. Bachrach: Turner expert and doyen of English literary studies who translated Shakespeare into Dutch
Friday, 5 February 2010
Fred Bachrach, who died just over a week after his 95th birthday, was a Dutch doyen of English literary studies and Anglo-Dutch cultural relations of the 17th century; also, in later life, he was a notable contributor to the interpretation of J.M.W. Turner's work as a painter of marine and Dutch subjects.
Briefly: Frederick Wooldridge
Friday, 5 February 2010
Frederick Wooldridge, who died in the Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2009 aged 41, was a Senior Political Affairs and Planning Officer with the United Nations. His body was recovered from under the rubble of the UN building in Port-au-Prince.
Briefly: Ivan Vranetic
Friday, 5 February 2010
Ivan Vranetic, who died this week aged 84, was a Yugoslav partisan who saved Jews during the Holocaust and went on to head the organisation that honours non-Jews who saved Jews from the Nazis. Israel's Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem recognised Vranetic in 1970 as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" for helping Jews find hiding places in Croatia during the Second World War.
David Brown: Film and theatre producer who worked with Spielberg and Altman
Thursday, 4 February 2010
After David Brown formed an independent production company with Richard Zanuck in 1972, they were responsible for two of the biggest money-making movies, directed by their prot�g�, Stephen Spielberg.
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