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Edward Upward (1903-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:30:28 -0800 (PST)
Edward Upward, who died on February 13 2009, aged 105, was a leading
figure among the Oxbridge generation of Thirties writers, whose early
work was described by Stephen Spender as representing a ?further peak?
beyond WH Auden and Christopher Isherwood. But after joining the
Communist Party in 1932, his ideology se ...
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Sir Bernard Ashley (1926-2009)
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:28:59 -0800 (PST)
Sir Bernard Ashley, who died on February 14 2009 aged 82, was the
husband and business partner of Laura Ashley and the co-founder, with
her, of the international business empire, based on fashion and
textiles, that bore her name. Laura was the creative force and Bernard
the business organiser in the enterprise, wh ...
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Joe Haverty Irish International Soccer Player
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:18:19 -0000
Joe Haverty
Footballer | 1936 - 2009
Crowd-pleasing Irish international who played on the wing for Arsenal
Joe Haverty, who died on 7 February, 2009, just short of his 73rd birthday,
was an Irish international who played for Arsenal in the 1950s and later
returned to the club as a scout.
He also had spells wit ...
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Jean Baroness Sackville (c1922-2009)
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:44:02 -0800 (PST)
Jean Baroness Sackville, who died 8 February, 2009, aged 86, was the
widow of (i) Maj Sir Edward Imbert-Terry, 3rd Baronet, and (ii) the
6th Baron Sackville (1913-2004), of Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent. She was b
circa 1922 as Jean Garton, dau of Arthur Stanley Garton, of
Danesfield, Marlow, Bucks, and married firstly, ...
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Paul Morrow Mount (1922-2009)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:12:16 -0800 (PST)
Paul Mount, sculptor, painter, designer and writer, born 8 June 1922;
died 10 January 2009. On one hand, the sculptures of Paul Mount
displayed the cool geometries of classic modernism; on the other,
something much less urbane - more like the firm-footed vitality of
Yoruba wood-carving. Mount, who has died aged ...
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Miles Huddleston (1930-2009)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:10:24 -0800 (PST)
Miles Huddleston, publisher and writer, born 19 June 1930; died 6
February 2009. A bookman and bibliophile par excellence, and the most
companionable of men, Miles Huddleston, who has died aged 78, belonged
to a gentler, more elegant, editorially led period of British
publishing, one that had already virtually van ...
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Paul Elford Garbutt, OBE (1919-2008)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:06:42 -0800 (PST)
Paul Elford Garbutt, advisor on rapid transport systems: born
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex 28 September 1919; MBE 1946; married 1975
Dorothy Brewer; OBE 1979; died Lymington, Hampshire 2 December 2008.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-garbutt-influential-railway-planner-with-london-transport-1607200.h ...
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David Stagg (1947-2009)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:03:51 -0800 (PST)
David Stagg, book auctioneer, was born on May 22, 1947. He died of
cancer on January 17, 2009, aged 61. One of the ?three musketeers?
who, 25 years ago, founded Bloomsbury Book Auctions, now simply
Bloomsbury Auctions, David Stagg was a very effective auctioneer and a
brilliant business-getter.
http://www.times ...
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Dick Odgers, DFC (1920-2008)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:00:41 -0800 (PST)
Dick Odgers came out of that tradition of British men personified in
the mid-20th century by Trevor Howard (whom he resembled): stiff upper-
lipped, courteous, knowledgeable, modest, capable of being short-fused
but always in the end warm-hearted and totally loyal.
When he retired in 1985, he was chairman of Cur ...
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Sir Donald Luddington (1920-2009)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:57:21 -0800 (PST)
Sir Donald Luddington, who died on January 26 2009 aged 88, was a Hong
Kong civil servant who became head of the crown colony's Independent
Commission Against Corruption, and, as Governor, guided the Solomon
Islands towards independence.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4594200/Sir-Donald-Luddington.ht ...
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