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  • Breyten Breytenbach, dissident Afrikaner writer imprisoned for undercover anti-apartheid operations

    Telegraph Obituaries 3 Dec 2024, 11:09am
    Breyten Breytenbach: he spoke truth to power in his writing but was less successful as a clandestine operative, his 'disguise' amounting to little more than shaving off his beard and wearing different spectacles
  • John Cleare, audacious mountain photographer who scaled the Matterhorn for the BBC’s live ascent

    Telegraph Obituaries 3 Dec 2024, 6:00am
    Cleare on Everest in 1971
  • Terry Griffiths, dapper Welsh snooker player who sensationally took the World Championship in 1979

    Telegraph Obituaries 2 Dec 2024, 2:52pm
    Griffiths (circa 1985): elegant and methodical play
  • The Rev Canon Patrick Hobson, officer in the Korean War who lost an eye and won an MC

    Telegraph Obituaries 2 Dec 2024, 11:13am
    Patrick Hobson on Remembrance Sunday in Waltham Abbey, mid-1990s
  • Olav Thon, colourful Norwegian property tycoon who poured his fortune into good causes

    Telegraph Obituaries 2 Dec 2024, 6:18am
    Thon: his red woollen hats, neckerchiefs and bow ties were a rare hint at extravagance and he was known for living frugally.
  • Silvia Pinal, Mexican film star best known for Buñuel’s shocking Viridiana

    Telegraph Obituaries 1 Dec 2024, 3:51pm
    Silvia Pinal in the 1960 Spanish comedy Maribel and the Strange Family
  • Roy Thomason, Conservative MP for Bromsgrove who stepped down after trouble with debts

    Telegraph Obituaries 1 Dec 2024, 1:20pm
    Thomason in 1996: after leaving the Commons he remained active on parochial church councils and one of his last campaigns was an attempt to save a village pub
  • Cesare Bonizzi, Italian priest known as ‘Brother Metal’ who fronted a heavy rock band

    Telegraph Obituaries 1 Dec 2024, 6:00am
    Bonizzi in the garden of his monastery in 2009
  • George Craig, crocodile hunter who bonded with Cassius, the biggest specimen in captivity

    Telegraph Obituaries 1 Dec 2024, 6:00am
    George Craig with Cassius in 2011: the animal died at the estimated age of 120 in October 2024
  • Peter Maddocks, prolific cartoonist with an eye for life’s absurdities

    Telegraph Obituaries 29 Nov 2024, 2:56pm
    Peter Maddocks in 1985
  • Shel Talmy, record producer best known for his work with the Kinks and The Who

    Telegraph Obituaries 29 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Shel Talmy at the mixing desk: he was an outstanding technical innovator but also paid close attention to the arrangement of a song
  • Kathryn Samuel, Telegraph fashion editor who nurtured young designers favoured by Princess Diana

    Telegraph Obituaries 28 Nov 2024, 6:18pm
    Kathryn Samuel: 'If someone or something made her tut it was a good thing'
  • Alice Brock, inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s song Alice’s Restaurant and the film adaptation

    Telegraph Obituaries 28 Nov 2024, 5:00pm
    Alice Brock in 1969
  • Captain Bill Owen, Welsh-born submariner who moved from Royal Navy to lead policy in Australia

    Telegraph Obituaries 28 Nov 2024, 6:24am
    Owen as Naval Officer Commanding Queensland, 1980
  • Jim Abrahams, director and writer who transformed film comedy with Airplane! and The Naked Gun

    Telegraph Obituaries 27 Nov 2024, 3:08pm
    Jim Abrahams, left, with David Zucker, centre, and Jerry Zucker in 1986: they had been friends since boyhood
  • Dr Peter Fenwick, psychiatrist who broke new ground with research into near-death experiences

    Telegraph Obituaries 27 Nov 2024, 2:38pm
    Dr Peter Fenwick: 'someone of great integrity and courage in going against the grain of conventional scientific theory'
  • Maria Limanskaya, Soviet soldier who became a symbol of the Allied victory over Germany in 1945

    Telegraph Obituaries 27 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Maria Limanskaya directing traffic at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 1945
  • Sir Kit McMahon, Australian-born deputy governor of the Bank of England and Midland Bank chairman

    Telegraph Obituaries 26 Nov 2024, 6:06pm
    Dame Mary Donaldson, the Lord Mayor of London, in 1983 with the Governor of the Bank of England Robin Leigh Pemberton (left) and his deputy Kit McMahon at the Mansion House in London
  • Ken McCulloch, entrepreneur who founded the Malmaison and Dakota chains of boutique hotels

    Telegraph Obituaries 26 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Ken McCulloch in 2016
  • Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, pre-eminent archaeologist of prehistoric civilisations

    Telegraph Obituaries 25 Nov 2024, 5:05pm
    Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn in 2010
  • Vic Flick, guitarist who played the James Bond Theme for John Barry and appeared on countless hits

    Telegraph Obituaries 25 Nov 2024, 2:28pm
    Vic Flick, centre, with Les Reed, left, and Mike Peters, bandmates in the John Barry Seven, in 1961
  • Barbara Taylor Bradford, Yorkshire-born novelist whose blockbusters included A Woman of Substance

    Telegraph Obituaries 25 Nov 2024, 11:11am
    Barbara Taylor Bradford at the Dorchester: her story was romanticised in profiles as the rags-to-riches tale of a girl who grew up in poverty
  • Richard Allen, Reagan’s National Security Adviser who helped establish warm relations with Mrs Thatcher

    Telegraph Obituaries 24 Nov 2024, 8:00pm
    Richard Allen in 1984
  • John Cartwright, MP whose defection to the SDP was considered a great loss to Labour

    Telegraph Obituaries 24 Nov 2024, 1:00pm
    John Cartwright speaking at the 1987 SDP conference
  • Béla Károlyi, demanding gymnastics coach who guided Nadia Comăneci to perfect 10s and Olympic golds

    Telegraph Obituaries 24 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Béla Károlyi with the victorious Romanian team at the 1979 World Championships: Nadia Comăneci is on the far right
  • Lord Massereene and Ferrard, colourful peer of robust views who was president of the Monday Club

    Telegraph Obituaries 23 Nov 2024, 6:08am
    Lord Massereene: a keen student of history, politics and wildlife
  • Michael Tibbs, wartime submariner who was menaced by Japanese depth charges in all directions

    Telegraph Obituaries 22 Nov 2024, 4:04pm
    Tibbs in the LDV before joining the Royal Navy
  • John Curry, businessman whose expertise was crucial as the All England Club entered the modern era

    Telegraph Obituaries 22 Nov 2024, 1:30pm
    John Curry in 1989 after taking over as chairman of the All England Club
  • Tony Todd, actor who terrified cinema audiences as the hook-handed killer in Candyman

    Telegraph Obituaries 22 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Tony Todd in the original Candyman film (1992)
  • Roy Haynes, bebop jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane

    Telegraph Obituaries 21 Nov 2024, 1:02pm
    Roy Haynes: John Coltrane spoke admiringly of his ability to 'spread the rhythm'
  • Lord Prescott, plain-speaking stalwart of Labour and Tony Blair’s valued right-hand man

    Telegraph Obituaries 21 Nov 2024, 8:59am
    With John Prescott as deputy prime minister, life would never be dull
  • Christopher Shores, historian who chronicled the exploits of fighter pilots in both world wars

    Telegraph Obituaries 21 Nov 2024, 6:00am
    Christopher Shores: colour blindness prevented him from becoming a pilot

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