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  Viscount Dilhorne, soldier, sportsman, barrister and gifted amateur opera singer – obituary

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  The 2nd Viscount Dilhorne, who has died aged 90, was, variously, a soldier, a keen sportsman, an accountant and a barrister, and he could probably have made a career as a professional opera singer. Passionate about music, Lord Dilhorne, a lofty 6ft 9in basso profundo, had a habit of breaking into …

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  Margaret Keane, artist whose ‘Big Eyes’ paintings were passed off as his own by her controlling husband – obituary

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  Margaret Keane, who has died aged 94, was an American artist whose kitschy paintings of big-eyed children became a sensation in the 1950s and 1960s, when they sold in their millions around the world in prints and postcards – though under the name of her husband Walter, who passed them off as his …

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  The Very Reverend Richard Lewis, Dean of Wells and gifted pastor with an unrivalled knowledge of cathedral life – obituary

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  The Very Reverend Richard Lewis, who has died aged 86, was Dean of Wells from 1990 until 2003; he was a notable example of a highly regarded parish priest whose gifts were translated to an ancient cathedral with equal success. Lewis was essentially a pastoral leader, but he also had administrative …

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  Betty Rowland, burlesque artiste known as the ‘Ball of Fire’ – obituary

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  Betty Rowland, who has died aged 106, was a burlesque artist, an original Minsky’s Girl known as the “Ball of Fire”. She lied about her age to get her first job aged 15, she recalled. “At first we kept our clothes on, but back then if a man found nickels and dimes to come and see a girl he wanted to …

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  Martin Bangemann, politician who helped to create the Single Market and was happy to take on the UK as he pursued the goal of ‘harmonisation’ – obituary

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  Martin Bangemann, who has died aged 87, was a former leader of Germany’s Free Democrats who, as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1999, contributed to the creation of the Single Market, then took charge of the EU’s industrial policy. A committed federalist and “passionate liberal”, the corpulent …

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  Sonny Barger, who led the way as the Hell’s Angels grew from a local motorcycle club into one of the world’s most notorious gangs – obituary

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  Ralph “Sonny” Barger, who has died aged 83, was a mechanic and motorcycle repairshop owner who attained notoriety as the founder and president of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club; under his leadership, the Angels grew from being a local curiosity to a moral panic …