Interesting Obits

My Wife has weened me out of the habit of cutting obits out of the newspaper (though my sister sometimes posts them to me).  This is my substitute.

Dannie Abse (d. 28 Sep 2014)
Doctor and Poet
Daily Telegraph obit 28 Sep 2014
Independent obit 30 Sep 2014


Ivor Allsop
Ivor Allsop
Leading authority in the Yorkshire longsword folk-dance tradition.
Guardian 22 Nov 2012
Gerry Anderson on the 40th anniversary of Thunderbirds
Gerry Anderson (d. 26 Dec 2012).
Creator of 'Thunderbirds' and others.
Daily Telegraph 27 Dec 2012
Guardian, 27 Dec 2012
Independent 27 Dec 2012

Sylvia Anderson (d. 15 Mar 2016)
Co-creator of Thunderbirds
Daily Telegraph obit 16 Mar 2016
Guardian obit 16 Mar 2016


Col Stuart Archer (d. 2 May 2015)
Bomb disposal officer awarded the George Cross


Neil Armstrong (d. 25 Aug 2012)
 Astronaut.

Prof Mick Aston (d. 24 Jun 2013) Archaeologist
BBC obit, 25 Jun 2013
Daily Telegraph obit, 25 Jun 2013
Guardian obit, 25 Jun 2013
Independent Obit, 26 Jun 2013

Lauren Bacall (d 12 Aug 204
Actress 
Daily Telegraph obit 13 Aug 2014
Guardian obit 13 Aug 2014
Independent obit 13 Aug 2014


Kenny Ball (d. 7 Mar 2013)
Jazzman
Daily Telegraph, 7 Mar 2013
Independent, 7 Mar 2013


Iain Banks (d.10 Jun 2013)
Novelist. 
Daily Telegraph, 10 Jun 2013
Guardian, 10 Jun 2013
Independent, 11 Jun 2013

Capt Mike Barrow CVO, DSO, RN (d. 28 Apr 2013)
Captain of HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War.
Daily Telegraph, 15 May 2013

Mavis Batey (d. 11 Nov 2013)
Bletchley Park Code-Breaker
Daily Telegraph obit 14 Nov 2013
Scotsman obit 20 Nov 2013


Eileen Beasley (d. 12 Aug 2012)
Welsh Language campaigner - 'the Rosa Parks of Wales' 
Independent 29 Sep 2012

Nicole, Duchess of Bedford
Nichole, Duchess of Bedford (d. 7 Sep 2012)
French résistante who helped save Woburn Abbey
Daily Telegraph, 13 Sep 2012
Guardian, 15 Sep 2012 
Independent, 29 Sep 2012

Asa Briggs, Lord Briggs (d. 15 Mar 2016)
Bletchley Park veteran and Historian
Daily Telegraph obit 16 Mar 2016
Guardian obit 15 Mar 2016


Rear-Admiral Carlos Büsser (d. 29 Sep 2012)
Argentine naval officer who led the invasion of the Falkland Islands.
 Daily Telegraph 3 Oct 2012

Allan Calhamer, Diplomacy
Allan Calhamer (d. 25 Feb 2013)
Inventor of 'Diplomacy'
Daily Telegraph, 12 Mar 2013


Harry Carey Jr (d. 27 Dec 2012)
American actor.
Guardian, 30 Dec 2012
Independent, 8 Jan 2013

Scott Carpenter (d. 10 Oct 2013)
Astronaut and aquanaut

BBC 11 Oct 2013

Sir Christopher Curwen (d. 18 Dec 2013)
Head of MI6 - 'M'
Daily Telegraph 23 Dec 2013
Times 27 Dec 2013
Independent 28 Dec 2013

Charlie Daley (d. 27 Jun 2012)
Survivor of the Wormhout massacre.  
Daily Telegraph 26 Sep 2012
 

Sonia d'Artois (d. 21 Dec 2014)
SOE Agent
Daily Telegraph obit 29 Dec 2014
Scotsman obit 2 Jan 2015



Major-General Tony Deane-Drummond
Major-General Tony Deane-Drummond (d. 4 Dec 2012).
Soldier who has several close shaves.
Daily Telegraph, 5 Dec 2012

Clarissa Dickson Wright (d. 15 Mar 2014)
Cook and eccentric

Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (d.13 Apr 2014)
Slains Pursuivant - private herald to the Earl of Erroll
Scotsman obit 16 Apr 2014
Daily Telegraph obit 23 Apr 2014




Charles Durning
Charles Durning (d. 24 Dec 2012).
Actor.
Daily Telegraph 27 Dec 2012
Guardian 26 Dec 2012
Independent 27 Dec 2012
Kenneth Eager (d. 22 Sep 2013)
Stone-carver
Daily Telegraph obit 16 Dec 2013

Lt Tony 'Lofty' Eldridge (d, 13 Apr 2015)
Human torpedo


Bert Evans (d. 1 Oct 2013)
Survivor of the Wormhouldt Massacre
Daily Telegraph 29 Oct 2013

HERO Goronwy Evan
Goronwy Evans (d. 7 Nov 2012)
Police officer awarded the George Medal for his actions during the Portsmouth Blitz, 1941
Portsmouth News, 23 Nov 2012

Joe Farman (d. 11 May 2013)
Scientist who discovered the hole in the ozone layer.
Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2013

Guardian, 16 May 2013
Independent, 21 May 2013

Donald Featherstone (d. 4 Sep 2013)
Wargaming pioneer
Daily Telegraph 4 Dec 2013

W/Cdr Jimmy Flint DFC, GM, DFM, AE (d. 16 Dec 2013)
RAF pilot awarded the George Medal
Nottingham Post obit 17 Dec 2013
Daily Telegraph obit 20 Dec 2013
Times obit 20 Dec 2013 (no link available)


Alfie Fripp (d. 3 Jan 2013).
Longest serving RAF WWII PoW.
BBC, 3 Jan 2013

Lt-Col John Gaff (d. 28 Nov 2013)
Bomb disposal officer awarded the George Medal
Daily Telegraph obit 30 Dec 2013

Liz Garvin (d. 21 Jan 2015)
Wartime intelligence officer
Daily Telegraph obit 22 Feb 2015



The Revd John Graham (d. 26 Nov 2013)
Crossword Setter 'Araucaria'
Guardian obit, 27 Nov 2013
Independent obit, 28 Nov 2013
Scotsman obit



Trevor Grills (d. 11 Feb 2013)
singer of sea shanties
BBC 12 Feb 2013
Guardian 13 Feb 2013
Independent 14 Feb 2013

Ray Harryhausen (d. 7 May 2013)
Special-effects pioneer.
Daily Telegraph, 8 May 2013
Guardian, 8 May 2013
Independent, 8 May 2013


Hans Hass (d. 16 Jun 2013)
Underwater film pioneer.
Daily Telegraph obit, 24 Jun 2013

Dominic Hibberd
Dominic Hibbard (d. 12 Aug 2012)
Biographer of Wilfred Owen.
Daily Telegraph, 17 Sep 2012
Oscar Holderer (d, 5 May 2015)
Rocket scientist - one of NASA's Germans
Daily Telegraph 10 May 2015


Sir Rex Hunt (d. 11 Nov 2012)
Former Governor of the Falkland Islands.
Daily Telegraph 12 Nov 2012 
Guardian 12 Nov 2012
Independent 12 Nov 2012

Maj-Gen Peter Istead
Soldier awarded the George Medal 
Daily Telegraph obit 13 Aug 2014


Dom Philip Jebb (d. 8 Jun 2014)
Monk and Headmaster


Sqn Ldr Brian Joplin (d. 20 Mar 2014)
Awarded QGM during the Falklands War
Daily Telegraph obit 23 Apr 2014



Lt-Gen Mikhail Kalashnikov (d. 23 Dec 2013)
Weapons designer
Daily Telegraph 24 Dec 2013
Independent 24 Dec 2013
Times, 24 Dec 2013

Richard Kiel (d. 10 Sep 2014)
Actor
Daily Telegraph obit, 11 Sep 2014
Guardian obit, 11 Sep 2014
Independent obit, 12 Sep 2014
Scotsman obit, 12 Sep 2014


Wilfred King (d. Jun 2014)
Teacher



Sydney Knowles (d. 31 Jul 2012)
Diving partner of Cdr Lionel 'Buster' Crabb.


Reis Leming
Reis Leming (d. 5 Nov 2012)
American airman awarded the George Medal for rescue work in the 1953 floods.
 Daily Telegraph 18 Nov 2013



Elmore Leonard (d. 20 Aug 2013)
Crime writer
Daily Telegraph obit 20 Aug 2013
Guardian obit 20 Aug 2013
Independent obit 20 Aug 2013



HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden
Princess Lilian of Sweden (d. 10 Mar 2013)
Daily Telegraph, 10 Mar 2013
Independent, 14 Mar 2013



eric lomax, prisoner, japan, nagase
Eric Lomax (d. 8 Oct 2012)
'The Railway Man' - tortured PoW who chose the path of reconciliation.
BBC Scotland, 8 Oct 2012
Daily Telegraph, 10 Oct 2012
Guardian, 10 Oct 2012
Independent, 10 Oct 2012
 
Sir Bernard Lovell (d. 6 Aug 2012)
Radio astronomer.
BBC 7 August 2012 
Daily Telegraph 7 August 2012
Guardian 7 August 2012 (by Sir Fred Hoyle)
The Independent 15 August 2012
Andrew V McLaglan (d. 30 Aug 2014)
Hollywood film director
Guardian obit, 4 Sep 2014
Independent obit, 6 Sep 2014


Ian McMillan (d.19 Jul 2014)
Marine Engineer
Guardian obit 14 Aug 2014



Carlo Maria Martini  (d. 31 Aug 2012)
Cardinal Archbishop of Milan
Bob Millard (d. 15 Mar 2014)
Wartime 'auxilier'
Daily Telegraph obit, 21 Mar 2014


Sir Patrick Moore (d. 9 Dec 2012).
Astronomer and broadcaster
BBC 9 Dec 2012
Daily Telegraph, 10 Dec 2012 
Guardian, 10 Dec 2012
Independent, 10 Dec 2012

Jerry Nelson (d. 23 Aug 2012)
Muppeteer.
Daily Telegraph 27 Aug 2012
Independent 30 Aug 2012


Leonard Nimoy (d. 27 Feb 2015)
Actor, director
Daily Telegraph obit 27 Feb 2015
Guardian obit 27 Feb 2015
Independent obit 27 Feb 2015


Tony North (d. 7 Jun 2012)
V&A arms and armour expert.


Terry Nutkins
Terry Nutkins (d. 6 Sep 2012)
TV naturalist.  The boy who ran away from school to join the zoo.
BBC 7 Sep 2012 - Life in Pictures
Guardian 8 Sep 2012 
Independent 10 Sep 2012

Peter Oakley (d. 23 Mar 2014)
OAP vlogger
Daily Telegraph obit 25 Mar 2014

Hiroo Onoda (d. 16 Jan 2014)
Japanese soldier - last of the Znryu nipponhei
Daily Telegraph 18 Jan 2014
Independent 17 Jan 2014

The Revd Ian Paisley (d 12 Sep 2014)
Demagogue
Daily Telegraph obit, 12 Sep 2014
Guardian obit, 12 Sep 2014
Independent obit, 12 Sep 2014
Scotsman obit, 13 Sep 2014



Stephen Panton
Stephen Panton (d. 24 Aug 2012)
Parliamentary Clerk - and eccentric

Mike Parker (d. 23 Feb 2014)
Font designer

Prof Colin Pillinger (d. 7 May 2014)
Planetary Scientist
BBC obit 8 May 2014
Daily Telegraph obit 8 May 2014
Guardian obit 8 May 2014
Independent obit 9 May 2014
Scotsman obit 9 May 2014


  
Frederick Pohl (d. 2 Sep 2013)
SF writer
Guardian obit, 4 Sep 2013
Independent obit, 5 Sep 2013


Princess Ragnhild of Norway (d. 16 Sep 2012)
Daily Telegraph 23 Sep 2012

Prof David Rees (d. 16 Aug 2013)
Bletchley Park code-breaker
Daily Telegraph obit 20 Aug 2013
W/Cdr Ken Rees (d. 30 Aug 2014)
'Great Escaper'
Independent obit, 7 Sep 2014


Joan Rivers (d. 4 Sep 2014)
Comedienne
Guardian obit, 4 Sep 2014
Independent obit, 5 Sep 2014


Capt Jerry Roberts (d. 25 Mar 2014)
Bletchley Park code-breaker 
Daily Telegraph obit 27 Mar 2014
Independent obit 27 Mar 2014
Guardian obit 31 Mar 2014
Arthur Rowlands in his police uniform
Arthur Rowlands.
Police officer awarded the George Medal after being blinded when a burglar shot him, 1961.
BBC Wales, 2 Dec 2012

Norman Schwarzkopf, the US general who led 1991 Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, has died at the age of 78.
Norman Schwarzkopf (d. 27 Dec 2012).  
American general.
Daily Telegraph 29 Dec 2012

Con Shiels  (d. 26 Dec 2012)
Last surviving member of the Jarrow March
BBC, 3 Jan 2013

Kim Siddorn (d. 25 Dec 2015)
Medieval Re-enactor



Tom Smith
Tom Smith (d. 3 Oct 2012)
Aeronautical engineer - designer of MUSTARD, the British space shuttle.
Daily Telegraph, 2 Nov 2012



Ron Stephens
Last surviving crew-member of HMS Tarana
a vessel used during WWII for MI9 operations.
Guardian 28 Aug 2012
Birger Stromsheim
Birger Stromsheim (d. 10 Nov 2012)
Norwegian SOE operative, one of the Heroes of Telemark.
Daily Telegraph 15 Nov 2012
Independent 17 Nov 2012

Albert Taylor (d. 1 Sep 2013)
Tracker
Daily Telegraph obit 14 Nov 2013

Professor Gerard Turner (d.19 Jul 2012)
Authority on the history of the microscope and other scientific instruments.
Reg Turnill
Reg Turnill (d. 12 Feb 2013)
Journalist; the BBC's space man
BBC 12 Feb 2013
Daily Telegraph 13 Feb 2013
Guardian 13 Feb 2013
Independent 18 Feb 2013

Joe Vaghi, 1945
Lt-Cdr Joe Vaghi (d. 24 Aug 2012).
Beachmaster on D-Day.
Daily Telegraph, 17 Sep 2012


Geza Vermes (d. 8 May 2013)
Biblical scholar.
Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2013
Guardian, 14 May 2013

Shamus Wade (d. 13 Aug 2014)
Toy Soldier Dealer
Daily Telegraph obit, 7 Sep 2014


John Walker (d. 28 Aug 2014)
USN Warrant Officer and Russian Spy
Independent obit, 2 Sep 2014


W/Cdr Ken Wallis (d. 1 Sep 2013)
Autogyro Pilot
BBC obit 3 Sep 2013
Independent obit 6 Sep 2013
Scotsman obit 6 Sep 2013


Arthur, 8th Duke of Wellington (d. 31 Dec 2014)

Aristocrat and Soldier
Daily Telegraph obit 31 Dec 2014
Guardian obit 31 Dec 2014
Independent obit 31 Dec 2014
Scotsman obit 1 Jan 2015


Robin Williams (d 11 Aug 2014)
Actor and Comedian
Daily Telegraph obit 12 Aug 2014
Guardian obit 12 Aug 2014
Independent obit 12 Aug 2014
Scotsman obit Aug 12 2014


Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward (d. 4 Aug 2013)
Commander of the Falklands Task Force
BBC obit, 5 Aug 2013
Daily Telegraph obit, 5 Aug 2013
Independent obit, 5 Aug 2013
Guardian obit, 5Aug 2013

Senji Yamaguchi (d. 6 Jul 2013)
Survivor of the Nagasaki bombing and anti-nuclear activist
Daily Telegraph obit, 9 Aug 2013











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Tarbu the Parrot.  
Final words - 'Cheerio!'











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