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In a special edition of Last Word, Matthew Bannister talks to obituary editors from around the UK about the nature of their work

Matthew Bannister and guests offer an insight into the world of the obituary writer.

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Debbie Purdy, David Ryall, Willy Burgdorfer, Dame Mary Glen Haig, Graeme Goodall

Julian Worricker on a campaigner, an actor, an entomologist, a fencer and a music pioneer.

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Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

Matthew Bannister on two cartoonists, an actress, a senator and a session guitarist.

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Ray McFall, Richard Meade, Joan Benesh, Frank Atkinson and Brian Clemens

Obituaries of a club owner, a horseman, a choreologist, a curator and a screenwriter.

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Lord Brittan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Professor John Bayley, Anne Kirkbride

Obituary series: Matthew Bannister on a politician, a king, an academic and an actress.

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Sir Jack Hayward, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Stone, Jean Stogdon OBE and Demis Roussos

Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a singer, a novelist, a social worker and a pop star.

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Colleen McCullough, Richard von Weizsaecker, Carl Djerassi, Geraldine McEwan and Lotte Hass

Matthew Bannister talks about an author, a president, a chemist, an actress and a diver.

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John Hopkins, Ena Baxter, Lord Gavron, Andre Brink, Charles Townes, Steve Strange

Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist.

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Michele Ferrero, Lady Platt of Writtle, John McCabe, Louis Jourdan, Anne Naysmith and Lesley Gore.

Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist

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Dan Topolski, Lady Villiers, John Davies, Tim Lusty, Clark Terry

A rower, a resistance fighter, a historian, a historian and a jazz musician.

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Yasar Kemal, Maureen Guy, Professor Oliver Rackham, Sir Noel Davies, Leonard Nimoy

A Turkish author, an opera singer, an environmentalist, a nuclear engineer and an actor.

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Sir Terry Pratchett, Florence Arthaud, Patrick Whitefield, Lord Molyneaux, Sam Simon

Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator.

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Shaw Taylor, Arthur Wyatt, Naty Revuelta Clews, Malcolm Fraser, Andy Fraser

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a diplomat, a revolutionary, a politician, a musician.

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Lee Kuan Yew, Derek Chinnery, Eugenie Clark, Mal Peet, Jackie Trent

Matthew Bannister on a prime minister, a 蜜芽传媒 executive, an ichthyologist and an author.

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Cynthia Lennon, Anthony Scrivener, Martyn Goff, John Renbourn

Julian Worricker on a Beatles wife, a barrister, a musician and the man behind the Booker.

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Frei Otto, Richie Benaud, Albert Maysles, Julio Cesar Strassera, Mary Clarke

Matthew Bannister on an architect, a cricket commentator, a director, a lawyer, a critic.

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Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer.

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Margaret Rule, Lord Mason, Dell Williams, Buddy Elias, Brian Couzens

Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, an MP, a sex shop founder and a record producer.

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Sir Philip Carter, Andrew Lesnie, Margaret Harrison, Tom McCabe MSP, Claire Gordon

Matthew Bannister on a football chairman, a cinematographer, a campaigner and an actress.

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Jean Nidetch, Baroness Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke OBE, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown

Matthew Bannister on a slimming guru, an author, a motorcyclist and a drama teacher.

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BB King, Kenan Evren, Sir Maurice Flanagan, Maya Plisetskaya, Wally Kahn

Matthew Bannister on a bluesman, a general, an airline boss, a dancer and a glider pilot.

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Oscar Holderer, David Sharp, the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, Alexandre Lamfalussy and Guy Carawan

Matthew Bannister on a rocket scientist, a rambler, an aristocrat, an economist, a singer.

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Raymond Gosling, Eileen Gray, Sir Duncan Watson, Denys Darlow, Grace Lee Whitney

Matthew Bannister on a scientist, a cyclist, a blind campaigner, a conductor, an actress.

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Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper

The lives of two politicians, a costume designer, an entrepreneur and a violinist.

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Christopher Lee, Marguerite Patten, James Last, Major Roy Homard, Ron Moody

Andrea Catherwood on two actors, a polar explorer, a cookery writer and a musician.

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Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, S眉leyman Demirel and Doris Hart

Matthew Bannister on an activist, a musician, a writer, a president and a tennis player.

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Sir Chris Woodhead, Patrick Macnee, Dame Anne Warburton, Vic Mayhew, James Horner

Matthew Bannister on a school inspector, an actor, a diplomat, a subeditor and a composer.

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Sir Nicholas Winton, Val Doonican, Nek Chand, James Salter, Lady Rozelle Raynes

Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a singer, an artist, a writer and an aristocrat.

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Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson

Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.

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Rev Joyce Bennett, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Burt Shavitz, Michael Oliver, Ian Allan

Matthew Bannister on a priest, a foreign minister, a beekeeper and a medical professor.

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