Felice GimondiFelice Gimondi, cyclist who won all three grand tours – of France, Spain and Italy – but was dubbed ‘the eternal runner-up’The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesFelice Gimondi, who has died aged 76, was one of the great names of road cycling in the Sixties and Seventies and only the second man to win all three of the sport’s grand tours – of France, Spain and
Obituaries Princess Dina Abdul-Hamid of Jordan, first wife of King Hussein of Jordan who later married a Palestinian fighter – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPrincess Dina Abdul-Hamid of Jordan, who has died aged 89, was the first of four wives of King Hussein of Jordan; the marriage, which produced a daughter, Princess Alia, collapsed after 18 months and Princess
ObituariesSquadron Leader John Hart, Canadian Battle of Britain pilot, one of the last of ‘the Few’, who shot down an enemy fighterThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesSquadron Leader John Hart, who has died aged 102, was the last surviving Canadian Battle of Britain pilot. He went on to serve on fighters in Burma and in Italy, where he won the DFC. Hart arrived on 602
Obituaries Bill Anderson, Scotland's ‘King of the Heavies’ who dominated Highland games for more than three decades – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesBill Anderson, who has died aged 81, was one of Scotland’s greatest heavyweight athletes, the master of the caber and hammer-throwing who dominated the heavy events at Highland games for more than 30 winning
ObituariesBob Wilber, jazz musician and devoted pupil of Sidney Bechet who won a Grammy for recreating Duke Ellington’s sound for filmThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesBob Wilber, the clarinettist and saxophonist, who has died aged 91, was devoted to preserving jazz styles of the past, their techniques, forms and spirit. Wilber began in his early teens. When he was to
ObituariesJan Ruff O’Herne, former wartime prisoner of the Japanese who broke a 50-year silence to tell how she was forced to workThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesJan Ruff O’Herne, who has died aged 96, was a 19-year old Dutch girl living with her family on a sugar plantation in Java, then in the Dutch East Indies, when the Japanese invaded in 1942; two years later
ObituariesFreda Dowie, actress who excelled as the long-suffering abused mother in Terence Davies’s ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesFreda Dowie, who has died aged 91, was a character actress who specialised in long-suffering, put-upon characters, most notably as the abused mother in Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), Terence Davies’s
ObituariesGeneral Sandy Maclean, former commander of the Rhodesian army appointed supreme commander of the defence forces of ZimbabweThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesGeneral Sandy Maclean, who has died aged 87, was the commander of the Rhodesian army and one of the men who led the fight against Robert Mugabe’s nationalist guerrillas during the Bush War which ended
ObituariesNingali Lawford-Wolf, Aboriginal actress whose role in the film ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ reflected her own family history –The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesNingali Lawford-Wolf, who has died aged 52, was an Australian actress who made her name in 2002 in the film Rabbit-Proof Fence, Philip Noyce’s drama about three mixed-race Aboriginal girls who escape a
ObituariesRichard Booth, ‘King of Hay-on-Wye’, whose flair for publicity transformed a small Welsh town into the secondhand book capitalThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesRichard Booth, who has died aged 80, was a prominent second-hand bookseller and the self-styled King of Hay-on-Wye. It was largely thanks to Booth’s energy and taste for self-publicity that Hay-on-Wye
Obituaries Sir James Spooner, shrewd financial brain who spoke his mind in boardrooms from Barclays to the Royal Opera House – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesSir James Spooner, who has died aged 87, was a City accountant whose wisdom was deployed in boardrooms ranging from Swires, Barclays, Sainsbury’s and the textile group Coats Viyella to the Naafi and the
ObituariesProfessor John Henderson, expert in paediatric respiratory medicine who made important contributions to understanding theThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesProfessor John Henderson, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 61, was a leading paediatrician and clinical scientist who specialised in diseases of the respiratory system, particularly asthma. As a
ObituariesJohn Humble, Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer dubbed ‘Wearside Jack’ who taunted the police with letters and a tape recording, disastrouslyThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesJohn Humble, who has died from the side-effects of alcohol abuse aged 63, derailed the Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation in the late 1970s by sending the police anonymous letters and a cassette tape
ObituariesKary Mullis, scientist, surfer dude and LSD aficionado who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of PCR, a techniqueThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesKary Mullis, who has died aged 74, shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of a technique called polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, that allows scientists to amplify a single DNA molecule;
Richard WilliamsRichard Williams, London-based animation artist who won two Oscars for his groundbreaking work on ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesRichard Williams, who has died aged 86, was a legendary figure in the field of hand-drawn animation whose name will be most closely linked with two projects, one polished to a superlative degree, the notoriously
Obituaries Fred Wheeler, Second World War wireless operator and air gunner who survived 60 bombing operations over Europe – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesFred Wheeler, who has died aged 100, survived 60 bombing operations as a wireless operator and air gunner and was awarded the DFM. At the outbreak of the war, the 20-year old Wheeler lost no time in volunteering
ObituariesHugh Norton, BP’s brilliant former head of exploration who was ahead of his time in highlighting climate-change science obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesHugh Norton, who has died aged 83, was a classical scholar who became BP’s head of exploration – and one of the first British oilmen to recognise the environmental issues that would confront their industry
Obituaries Brigadier Christopher Pike, showed remarkable courage and leadership during actions with the Gurkha Rifles – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesBrigadier Christopher Pike, who has died aged 85, was an outstanding frontline commander who saw action with the Gurkha Rifles in Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong and Cyprus. In March 1966, during the Confrontation
ObituariesPeter Fonda, actor and producer whose best-known films were the counterculture classic ‘Easy Rider’, and ‘Ulee’s Gold’ –The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPeter Fonda, who has died from lung cancer aged 79, co-starred, with Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider (1969), the low-budget cult film that captured the mood of the American counter-culture at the end of the
ObituariesPrincess Christina of the Netherlands, daughter of Queen Juliana who in childhood inadvertently caused a crisis in the DutchThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPrincess Christina of the Netherlands, who has died of bone cancer aged 72, was the youngest and probably least known of the four daughters of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, who reigned from 1948 until
Obituaries Michael Reece, brilliant engineer who helped develop the vacuum interrupter, a core component for modern industry – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesMichael Reece, who has died aged 91, led a team at the Electrical Research Association (ERA) which developed the world’s first “contrate” contact vacuum interrupter. In layman’s language, this is a safety
ABBADanny Doyle, folk singer and balladeer who knocked Abba off the top of the Irish charts with his most famous hit ‘The RareThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesDanny Doyle, who has died aged 79, was one of the great balladeers who popularised folk song in Ireland; he was noted for his heartfelt delivery and singalong choruses, which resulted in a string of major
Silver Jews David Berman, reclusive musician who fronted the indie rock band Silver Jews – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesDavid Berman, who has died aged 52, was a musician and poet who led Silver Jews, a band whose lo-fi sound encapsulated a melancholy, poignant strain of American indie rock; while they never came close
ObituariesAir Vice-Marshal Michael Robinson, Cold War bomber pilot who served in V-Force, which carried Britain’s strategic nuclearThe TelegraphAir Vice-Marshal Michael Robinson, who has died aged 92, was a Cold War bomber pilot who served in a number of overseas theatres. On May 1 1962 Robinson, by then a wing commander, was tasked with re-forming
Obituaries José Luis Brown, footballer who opened the scoring for Argentina on the way to victory in the 1986 World Cup final – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesJosé Luis Brown, who has died aged 62, scored Argentina’s opening goal in the 1986 World Cup final, helping the team to victory in a tournament in which, just a few weeks earlier, he had not expected play.
Obituaries Sherm Poppen, inventor of the Snurfer who became known as the ‘father’ of snowboarding – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesSherm Poppen, who has died aged 89, invented a primitive version of the snowboard, the Snurfer, in 1965 and became known as the “father” of snowboarding. On Christmas Day 1965 Poppen, a resident of Muskegon,
Nobel Prize John Schrieffer, physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for his research into superconductivity – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesJohn Schrieffer, who has died aged 88, shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics with his fellow Americans John Bardeen and Leon Cooper for their development of a theory, known as the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer
ObituariesPiero Tosi, Italian costume designer who ‘brought history back to life’ with his opulent period clothing in films such asThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPiero Tosi, who has died aged 92, became the first costume designer to earn an honorary Oscar and was notable for his work with Luchino Visconti, designing the sumptuous costumes for The Leopard (1963)
Ryder Cup Gordon Brand Jr, golfer who twice won the Ryder Cup with Europe – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesGordon Brand Jr, who has died suddenly aged 60, was a golfer who played a part in the transformation of the Ryder Cup and won eight titles on the European tour. By the late 1970s the Ryder Cup, originally
