The actor Hayden Panettiere, who has died suddenly aged 36, won worldwide fame at the age of 17 as the…
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Phyllida Law obituary | Stage
Although she was perhaps best known as the mother of two outstanding actors, Emma and Sophie Thompson, Phyllida Law, who…
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Frank Beard obituary | Pop and rock
Renowned for being the only member of the Texan trio ZZ Top not to wear an outlandishly luxuriant beard, in…
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Letter: Michael McNay obituary | Ann Shearer
When I arrived straight from Cambridge at the gentlemen’s club that was the Manchester office of the Guardian in 1964,…
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Letter: Bill Oddie obituary | Bill Oddie
In the late 1960s a Sunday morning football team known as the West 11 Wanderers turned out for games in…
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Sir Billy Boston obituary | Rugby league
Sir Billy Boston, who has died aged 92, was one of the greatest, and most popular, rugby league players of…
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Dolly Parton obituary | Dolly Parton
The singer Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80 after suffering from cancer, had a ready fund of quips, most…
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Deirdre McSharry obituary | Magazines
Deirdre McSharry, who has died aged 94, edited Cosmopolitan in the magazine’s golden era. As fashion editor when the UK…
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Tim Curry obituary | Theatre
In June 1973, I went to the Royal Court to see one of Edward Bond’s best plays, The Sea. On…
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Ratko MladiÄ obituary | Ratko MladiÄ
After the Bosnian mountain town of Srebrenica fell to Serb troops in July 1995, its terrified Muslim residents were given…
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