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Richard Coleman (1930-2008)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:50:59 -0800 (PST)
Richard Coleman, actor, was born on January 20, 1930. He died of
cancer on December 16, 2008, aged 78.
On entering the profession his easy charm and classic good looks made
him a television natural, and over the next 30 years he made more than
200 appearances on the small screen. Most notably he appeared opposit ...
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Right Rev Hugh Lindsay (1927-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:48:58 -0800 (PST)
The Right Rev Hugh Lindsay, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1974 -
1992) was born on June 20, 1927 and died on January 19, 2009. For 18
years the spiritual leader of Roman Catholics in the Diocese of Hexham
and Newcastle, Bishop Hugh Lindsay proved a kind and patient guide to
both priests and lay Catholics during ...
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Professor Robert Gibson (1928-2008)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:19:19 -0800 (PST)
Professor Robert Gibson, geotechnical engineer, was born on May 12,
1928. He died on December 23, 2008, aged 80. Geotechnical engineers
across the world recognise a Gibson soil as one in which the stiffness
increases linearly with depth. Before Bob Gibson?s pioneering work was
published in the early 1970s the ana ...
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Professor Sir Leslie Fowden (1925-2008)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:15:00 -0800 (PST)
Professor Sir Leslie Fowden, biochemist, director, Rothamsted
Experimental Station, 1977-86, was born October 13, 1925. He died on
December 16, 2008, aged 83. Professor Sir Leslie Fowden was a
pioneering scientist, who contributed greatly to our understanding of
plant chemistry. He went on to direct agricultural r ...
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Edmund de Rothschild, CBE (1916-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:11:15 -0800 (PST)
Edmund de Rothschild, CBE, banker and gardener, was born on January 2,
1916. He died on January 17, 2009, aged 93. Edmund de Rothschild was
chairman of NM Rothschild, the City-based branch of the famous
European banking empire. He joined it 1946, was its chairman from 1970
to 1975, and continued to offer it advice ...
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Major-General N. StG. Gribbon, OBE (1917-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:03:11 -0800 (PST)
Major-General Nigel StG. Gribbon, OBE, ACOS (Intelligence) SHAPE
1970-73, was born on February 6, 1917. He died on January 9, 2009,
aged 91. Nigel Gribbon first saw active service in Iraq and more than
60 years later, after the second Gulf War of 2003, watched on
television the struggle of British and American tr ...
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Robert Gauntlett (1987-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:59:43 -0800 (PST)
Robert Gauntlett, mountaineer, motivational speaker: born Petworth,
West Sussex 10 May 1987; died Mont Blanc, France 10 January 2009.
Before his shockingly untimely death at the age of 21, Rob Gauntlett
had become the youngest Briton to climb Everest, travelled from Pole
to Pole using only human and natural power, ...
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Bert Hazell (1907-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:55:02 -0800 (PST)
Bert Hazell, trade union leader and politician: born Attleborough,
Norfolk 18 April 1907; District Organiser, National Union of
Agricultural Workers, 1937-1964; West Riding of Yorkshire War
Agricultural Executive Committee, 1939-1945; Labour MP for North
Norfolk, 1964-1970; MBE 1946, CBE 1962; married Dora Barham ...
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Hugh Gordon (1911-2008)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:49:10 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Gordon, who died 31 December, 2008, aged 97, was an adventurer in
the bygone world of the flying boat. His whole career was a
distinguished contribution to the British aviation industry, from
seaplanes to wartime bombers and finally helicopters, but it is for
his heroic part in one of the most incredible epis ...
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Joe Cooke (1931-2009)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:44:24 -0800 (PST)
Joe Cooke, who died 1 January, 2009, aged 77, was responsible for
breaking the iron grip of the print unions on The Daily Telegraph, and
moving the paper from Fleet Street to the East End of London. He was
brought in as a management consultant just before Christmas 1985 and,
in a fortnight, concluded that taking o ...
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