obituaries
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Robert Guillaume obituaryActor who starred as the sharp-witted butler Benson DuBois in two TV series – Soap and Benson -
Fats Domino: a rock'n'roll life in picturesThe influential American pianist, band leader and singer has died in his native city of New Orleans aged 89 -
Iona Opie obituaryFolklorist who collected, codified and published children’s rhymes, riddles and street culture
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Hugh Kearney obituaryHistorian who challenged readers to view the pasts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as inseparable
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Andrew Wall obituaryOther lives: NHS manager who was the district administrator for Bath for nearly 20 years
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letters
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Letters: Roy Dotrice obituaryKevin Bannon writes: Roy Dotrice played the stupendously ingenious litigant Albert Haddock in AP Herbert’s Misleading Cases
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Letters: Rodney Bickerstaffe obituaryJanet Whitaker and Kate Green write: Mark Seddon noted that Rodney Bickerstaffe championed the cause of Travellers
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Letter: Benjamin Whitrow in After HenryGeoffrey Batten writes: Benjamin Whitrow made a significant contribution to the popular BBC Radio 4 sitcom After Henry
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Letter: Benjamin Whitrow played cricket with style and graceDavid Joss Buckley writes: Benjamin Whitrow was a theatre man from the top of his head to the tips of his toes
obituaries in the news
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Sir Peter HallCreator of the Royal Shakespeare Company who built up the National and championed regional playhouses
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’ConnorFormer leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales who cast himself as a benign parish priest
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Ann JellicoePlaywright and director who scored an international hit with The Knack and pushed the boundaries of community theatre
Music Fats Domino obituary: giant of American music