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John Berger, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, Henry Heimlich, Patsy Crampton, Brian Widlake and George Michael
Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors

Last Word End of Year Special
Matthew Bannister and Nick Serpell recall a year when obituarists were in huge demand.

Michael Nicholson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lord Prior, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Pauline Oliveros
Julian Worricker on a journalist, an actress, a politician, a rabbi, a composer.

Peter Gibson, AA Gill, Coral Atkins, William Chaloner, Ian McCaskill
Matthew Bannister on a glazier, a journalist, a carer, a palaeobotanist, a weatherman.

John Glenn, Peter Vaughan, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Greg Lake
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician.

Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a revolutionary leader, a singer, the Queen's cousin.

Martin Aitchison, Sir Mota Singh QC, William Trevor, Ruth Gruber, David Mancuso
Kate Silverton on an artist, a judge, a writer, a photojournalist and a party host.

Robert Vaughn, Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Carolyn Hardy OBE, Ewen Whitaker, Claude 'Curly' Putman
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer.

Leonard Cohen, Lt Col Robert Montgomery MC, Janet Reno, Sir Jimmy Young
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster.

Tom Hayden, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Carole Blake, Anne Pashley
Matthew Bannister on a political activist, an inventor, a literary agent, an opera singer.