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Robert Luff, CBE (1914-2009)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:05:14 -0800 (PST)
Robert Luff, CBE, who died February 18 2009 aged 94, was the
theatrical producer and impresario behind the stage version of The
Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1960s, when the weekly BBC
television programme was the most popular in British light
entertainment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/478 ...
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Lord Dearing (1930-2009)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:03:02 -0800 (PST)
The Lord Dearing, who died on February 19 2009 aged 78, rose from
humble origins to become a respected Whitehall mandarin and a
successful chairman of the Post Office; he oversaw Camelot's capture
of the National Lottery and, in later life, produced three definitive
reports on the future of the English education s ...
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Re: Lady Butler of Saffron Walden; Widow of the 'nearly Prime Minister' Rab Butler and one of the last survivors of the Edwardian ruling class
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:36:25 +0000 (UTC)
Hyfler/Rosner <relfyh@rcn.com> wrote:
: From The Times
: February 19, 2009
: Lady Butler of Saffron Walden: widow of Rab Butler
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: Mollie Butler gradually became one of the dwindling band
: whose voices whispered the last enchantments of Edwardian
: England. To listen to her speak even on television - and s ...
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Diane Holland (1930-2009)
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:08:06 -0800 (PST)
Comic actress Diane Holland, who played condescending dance instructor
Yvonne Stewart-Hargreaves in holiday camp sitcom Hi-De-Hi!, has died
aged 78.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7894800.stm
http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/23508/hi-de-hi-star-holland-dies-at-78
The star had a long ca ...
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Joan Browne (1912-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:48:03 -0800 (PST)
Joan Dillon Browne, educationist, born 4 July 1912; died 15 January
2009. Joan Browne, who has died aged 96, was an education pioneer. As
founding principal of Coventry College of Education, established in
1948 as part of the postwar "emergency training" of teachers, she saw
the college through a rapid expansion i ...
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Douglas H Jeffery (1917-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:45:04 -0800 (PST)
The theatre photographer Douglas H Jeffery, who died 20 Jan 2009, of
pneumonia aged 91, supplied this newspaper with pictures for more than
30 years and over 50 years he created one of the most comprehensive
libraries of theatre photography in Britain. He would never let the
library go to one of the newer picture ...
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Peter Lewis, MC (c1918 - 2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:11 -0800 (PST)
Peter Lewis, who has died aged 90, was a writer, the Observer's motor
racing correspondent (1954-60), and a soldier who won the military
cross and was mentioned in despatches. His books included the motor-
racing bestseller Alf Francis: Racing Mechanic (1957), about Stirling
Moss's assistant, Dicing with Death (19 ...
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Bob Doyle (1916-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:39:12 -0800 (PST)
Bob Doyle, who died 22 Jan, 2009, aged 92, was a lifelong political
activist, one of the last survivors of the International Brigades
which fought during the Spanish civil war - and a Monty Python extra.
One of five children, Bob was born in Dublin, where his early
experiences were of poverty and foster care. At s ...
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Hilary Bradshaw (1916-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:34:59 -0800 (PST)
Hilary Bradshaw, who died 19 January, 2009, aged 92, was one of the
last great British fashion artists, illustrating magazines, newspapers
and advertising campaigns before the medium was overtaken by
photographers such as David Bailey and Terence Donovan.
Having escaped, penniless, with her Jewish husband on the ...
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Arthur Marment, MC* (1917-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:32:28 -0800 (PST)
Arthur Verriour Marment, who died on January 17 2009, aged 91, fought
in the Arakan and Kohima campaigns in Burma, won two Military Crosses,
was twice mentioned in dispatches and wounded twice.
In March 1945, the capture of the Irrawaddy port of Myingyan was an
major strategic objective in the struggle to contro ...
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