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Last Word

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton

Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton

Matthew Bannister onBarbara Bush, the first woman in history to see both her husband and son sworn in as President of th... Read more

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Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand

Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand

Pictured: Jeremy HardyJulian Worricker on:Comedian Jeremy Hardy, a mainstay of The News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a ... Read more

1 Feb 2019

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Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE

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Pictured: Jonathan MillerMatthew Bannister onSir Jonathan Miller, who hated the term polymath - but undoubtedly was one.... Read more

29 Nov 2019

26mins

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Aretha Franklin, VS Naipaul, Winston Ntshona, Nan Joyce

Aretha Franklin, VS Naipaul, Winston Ntshona, Nan Joyce

Pictured: Aretha FranklinMatthew Bannister onSir VS Naipaul, the Nobel prize winning author of acclaimed books including... Read more

17 Aug 2018

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Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney

Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney

Matthew Bannister onBruce Tulloh, who ran across the United States in record time and became European 5,000 metres champ... Read more

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Mary Ellis, Shinobu Hashimoto, Dr William McBride AO, CBE, Dr Lincoln Brower, Mahendra Kaul

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Pictured: Mary EllisMatthew Bannister on Mary Ellis - a leading pilot for the Air Transport Auxiliary who risked her lif... Read more

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General Qasem Soleimani, M.C. Beaton, George Laurer, Dr Sidney Holt

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Pictured: General Qasem SoleimaniMatthew Bannister on Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by an American dro... Read more

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Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE

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Pictured: Nik PowellMatthew Bannister onJames Le Mesurier, the former British Army Officer who set up the organisation t... Read more

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Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans

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Pictured: Gay ByrneMatthew Bannister onGay Byrne, the Irish TV and radio presenter who occupied a unique place in the na... Read more

8 Nov 2019

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Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby

Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby

Pictured: Vladimir BukovskyMatthew Bannister onThe Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, a long term opponent of the Sovi... Read more

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Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd

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Pictured: Michel RouxMatthew Bannister onMichel Roux, the French chef who, with his brother Albert, transformed the Brit... Read more

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Beth Chatto, Philip Roth, Doreen Simmons, Khurshid Drabu, June Milne.

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Photo: Philip RothJulian Worricker on:Beth Chatto, the gardener and writer regarded as one of the most influential horti... Read more

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Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald

Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald

Pictured: Sydney BrennerMatthew Bannister onSydney Brenner, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who worked with Francis Cr... Read more

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David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O’Donnell, Les Reed

David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O’Donnell, Les Reed

Pictured: Nadja PodereginJulian Worricker on:David Thouless, whose work in the world of quantum mechanics earned him a s... Read more

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Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey

Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey

Pictured: Lyra McKeeMatthew Bannister onLyra McKee, the 29 year old Northern Irish journalist who was shot dead by the N... Read more

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Peter Stringfellow, Graham Corbett, Kate Spade, Lord John Julius Norwich, Eli Avivi

Peter Stringfellow, Graham Corbett, Kate Spade, Lord John Julius Norwich, Eli Avivi

Photo: Peter StringfellowTina Daheley on the nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, who introduced nude table dancing to Br... Read more

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Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray

Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray

Pictured: Neil InnesMatthew Bannister onNeil Innes, the talented musician who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band... Read more

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