Obituaries
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Karl Malden: Actor known for his gritty film roles who found wider fame in 'The Streets of San Francisco'
Character actors, by definition, rarely stand out in the Hollywood crowd, unlike leading men whose chiselled features are etched in the public's consciousness. Karl Malden was the exception.
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Alan Kelly: Goalkeeper and manager who served Preston North End and Ireland for three decades
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Alan Kelly was a favourite among football fans on both sides of the Irish Sea, who came to admire his stylish and dependable goalkeeping.
Johnny Roadhouse: Saxophonist and central figure in Mancunian music
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Over a career spanning more than half a century, the saxophonist Johnny Roadhouse was one of the country's leading instrumentalists. And as the celebrated owner of a legendary Manchester music store, his expertise helped guide many of the city's musicians to the forefront of British musical life.
Mollie Sugden: Actress renowned for her role in the 1970s sitcom 'Are You Being Served?'
Friday, 3 July 2009
Playing mothers, mother-in-laws and battleaxes gave Mollie Sugden four decades of television stardom, but her greatest fame came as the brassy Mrs Slocombe in the department-store sitcom Are You Being Served?
Pina Bausch: Dancer and choreographer
Friday, 3 July 2009
The choreographer Pina Bausch, who died on 30 June, was unquestionably the leading exponent of dance theatre in Europe; arguably the world.
Gale Storm: Actress and singer who became the leading lady of choice for Monogram studio
Thursday, 2 July 2009
One of the most prolific B-movie actresses of the 1940s, Gale Storm purveyed a fresh-faced wholesomeness that made her a reliable leading lady in musicals, westerns and thrillers, and for most of the decade she was the leading female star of the "Poverty Row" studio, Monogram, for whom she made more than 20 films.
Professor Harold Hankins: Communications engineer who went on to lead UMIST to a position of academic eminence
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Harold Hankins had a distinguished professional career in both industry and academia.
Sir Henry Hodge
Thursday, 2 July 2009
We are poorer by the death of Henry Hodge (obituary, 30 June), but richer by his lifelong work, writes Andy Thomas.
Boris Pokrovsky: Opera director whose career at the Bolshoi crossed five decades
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Boris Pokrovsky dominated Soviet opera for over 50 years and his productions – lavish, traditional, even sometimes staid – defined the Bolshoi style. But his chamber opera company often moved in a very different direction.
George Clare: Memoirist who recalled life in Nazi Vienna and postwar Berlin
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
It was an age of durability which was equated with stability... but nothing is so impermanent as permanence, nothing is so insecure as security."
Doctor Cecil Helman: Medical anthropologist, GP and writer who found fame with his book 'Suburban Shaman'
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
In the summer of 1973, I made a pilgrimage to the Jerusalem home of the great Israeli poet, Yehuda Amichai. Later that same year Cecil Helman.
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