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Obituaries

<p>John Savident celebrating Coronation Street winning best soap at the British Soap Awards in 1999</p>
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John Savident: Bellowing butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street

<p>Despite all his faults, Kissinger will be remembered as one of the greatest American diplomats and indeed as the man who made American diplomacy respected worldwide</p>
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Henry Kissinger: master manipulator of the political field

<p>Henry Kissinger leaves a controversial legacy </p>
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Henry Kissinger: Polarising architect of American foreign policy

<p>Tony Bennett worked with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga and Aretha Franklin </p>
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Tony Bennett: the Great American Songbook crooner

<p>Alan Arkin appeared in dozens of hit films and TV shows during a career that spanned seven decades </p>
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Alan Arkin: Oscar-winning actor who starred in ‘Little Miss Sunshine’

<p>Sevilla, pictured in 1973, drew comparisons to Ava Gardner with her sculpted features, flowing dark hair and high-arching eyebrows </p>
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Carmen Sevilla: Glamorous queen of Spanish film

<p>Author Cormac McCarthy at the premiere of ‘The Road’ in New York in November 2009. The novel had landed him a Pulitzer Prize three years earlier </p>
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Cormac McCarthy: Haunting novelist who tackled life’s dark side

<p>Peter Brooke was a respected Conservative parliamentarian for 38 years</p>
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Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville: Westminster’s Renaissance man

<p>Francis Monkman enjoyed a successful career as a film music composer, working on scores for several movies</p>
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Francis Monkman: Film composer and Curved Air co-founder

<p>Martin Amis: ‘Anyone who reads the tabloid papers will rub up against much greater horrors than I describe’ </p>
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Martin Amis: A prolific writer who cast a caustic eye on society

<p>Grace Bumbry performing as Princess Eboli in Verdi's 'Don Carlos'</p>
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Grace Bumbry: Singer who broke opera’s colour barrier

<p>Seymour Stein worked with the likes of the Ramones and Depeche Mode </p>
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Seymour Stein: Mogul who discovered some of music’s greats

<p>Harry Belafonte, performing at the Circus Krone Bau, Munich</p>
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Harry Belafonte: Singer, actor and unshakeable civil rights activist

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Harry Belafonte: Singer, actor and unshakeable civil rights activist

<p>Harry Belafonte, performing at the Circus Krone Bau, Munich</p>
<p>Dame Edna Everage was to become an institution in Humphries’ adopted country</p>
Obituaries

Barry Humphries: Outrageous comedian and creator of Dame Edna

<p>Ryuichi Sakamoto won awards for his innovative film scores </p>
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japan’s master of electronic music

<p>The fashion guru had an uncanny knack for both sartorial design and effective branding </p>
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Mary Quant: Mother of the miniskirt

<p>Lawson at the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton in October 1969 </p>
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Nigel Lawson: Innovative chancellor who ushered in an economic shift

<p>Lawson at the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton in October 1969 </p>
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Nigel Lawson: Innovative chancellor who ushered in an economic shift

<p>David Mylchreest at the site of the British Normandy Memorial at Gold Beach in 2021 </p>
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David Mylchreest: One of the first soldiers to cross the Seine in 1944

<p>Jacqueline Gold arrives at the Kidscape Party at the Grosvenor House Hotel on September 28, 2007 </p>
Love & Sex

Jacqueline Gold, the woman who brought sex to the storefront

<p>Kohn was described as one of the most effective salesmen in the architecture business </p>
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A Eugene Kohn: Architect of soaring skyscrapers

<p>Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, 1977</p>
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Gary Rossington: Last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd

<p>On the balcony of the Playboy Club during a photocall to promote ‘The Beloved’, 1970</p>
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Raquel Welch: Box-office bombshell who took Hollywood by storm

<p>Bacharach performs with the BBC orchestra in 2008 </p>
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Burt Bacharach: A giant of popular music

<p>Rabanne in his studio in Paris </p>
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Paco Rabanne: Designer who embodied the spirit of the Sixties

<p>Crosby performs at a benefit in California in 2018 </p>
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David Crosby: Musician who helped shape the sound of the Sixties

<p>Bacharach performs with the BBC orchestra in 2008 </p>
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Burt Bacharach: A giant of popular music

<p>Rabanne in his studio in Paris </p>
Obituaries

Paco Rabanne: Designer who embodied the spirit of the Sixties

<p>Crosby performs at a benefit in California in 2018 </p>
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David Crosby: Musician who helped shape the sound of the Sixties

<p>Sylvia Syms photographed at an airport in November 1960: ‘I wish I had known how beautiful I was when I was beautiful’ </p>
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Sylvia Syms: Versatile British film star who turned down Hollywood

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Sylvia Syms: Versatile British film star who turned down Hollywood

<p>Sylvia Syms photographed at an airport in November 1960: ‘I wish I had known how beautiful I was when I was beautiful’ </p>
<p>Tatjana Patitz, whose beauty was described by Harper’s Bazaar as ‘defying definition’ </p>
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Tatjana Patitz: Top star of the supermodel era

<p>Jeff Beck performing at a Crystal Palace Garden Party in 1972</p>
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Jeff Beck: Virtuoso guitarist and one of rock’s all-time greats

<p>Walking the runway during her autumn/winter show at Paris Fashion Week in March 2014</p>
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Vivienne Westwood: Grande dame of British fashion

<p>Fay Weldon at the Oxford Literary Festival in 2011</p>
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Fay Weldon: Outspoken author who penned feminist explorations

<p>Fay Weldon at the Oxford Literary Festival in 2011</p>
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Fay Weldon: Outspoken author who penned feminist explorations

Obituaries

Pope Benedict XVI – The former pontiff whose resignation was historic

<p>The forward in training for Brazil’s match with England in 1963 </p>
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Pele: Brazil’s complete footballer who transcended the beautiful game

<p>Badalamenti scored nearly 50 films</p>
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Angelo Badalamenti: Composer with penchant for unsettling soundtracks

<p>Johnson in 2018, on the 75th anniversary of the dambuster raids </p>
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Johnny Johnson: Last surviving dambuster

<p>Jiang showed remarkable political nous and held on to power for 12 years</p>
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Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

<p>Wilko Johnson performs in Leicester in 2011 </p>
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Wilko Johnson: Dr Feelgood guitarist and punk predecessor

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Irene Cara: Oscar-winning singer behind Eighties feel-good anthems

<p>Levene performing at Laugharne Weekend Festival in Wales, 2012 </p>
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Keith Levene: PiL guitarist with edgy metallic style

<p>George Lois at a book launch at The Plaza Hotel in New York in 2010</p>
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George Lois: Ad man and creator of groundbreaking Esquire covers

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Bill Treacher: Actor who played much-loved Arthur Fowler in EastEnders

<p>Costa performing at a music festival in Barcelona in July 2006 </p>
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Gal Costa: Singer who spearheaded Brazil’s Tropicália movement

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Gal Costa: Singer who spearheaded Brazil’s Tropicália movement

<p>Costa performing at a music festival in Barcelona in July 2006 </p>
<p>Phillips’s debonair public persona and immaculate vowels disguised a working-class background</p>
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Leslie Phillips: Revered actor and a master of comedy

<p>For decades, Goldberg had cultivated a reputation as brash, brassy and sharp-tongued in her takedowns of progressive causes</p>
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Lucianne Goldberg: Salacious agent who helped expose Clinton affair

<p>With 1957 releases ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’’ and ’Great Balls of Fire’, Lewis hit the No 1 spot on the US country and western and R&B charts as well as peaking at No 3 and No 2 respectively on the US Billboard Hot 100</p>
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Jerry Lee Lewis: Original wild man and pioneer of rock’n’roll

<p>‘I started Virago to break a silence, to make women’s voices heard, to tell women’s stories, my story and theirs,’ said Callil </p>
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Carmen Callil: Pioneering feminist publisher behind Virago Press

<p>‘I started Virago to break a silence, to make women’s voices heard, to tell women’s stories, my story and theirs,’ said Callil </p>
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Carmen Callil: Pioneering feminist publisher behind Virago Press

<p>Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann look nonplussed as Sacheen Littlefeather declines the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973 </p>
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Sacheen Littlefeather: Activist who declined Brando’s Oscar

<p>Coltrane won several awards for his portrayal of a criminal psychologist in ‘Cracker’ </p>
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Robbie Coltrane: Beloved Harry Potter star and esteemed actor

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Daniel Smith: One of the last children of enslaved Americans

<p>The artist formerly known as Artis Leon Ivey Jr, on stage at Paradiso in Amsterdam in January 1996</p>
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Coolio: Musician behind one of the most popular rap hits of all time

<p>Actress Angela Lansbury attends the 25th Anniversary screening of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ </p>
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Angela Lansbury: Quick-witted and scrupulous star of stage and screen

<p>Trailblazer Lynn’s songs were delivered ‘from a distinctly female point of view‘ </p>
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Loretta Lynn: Country music star who had string of award-winning hits

<p>Mantel became a literary phenomenon in 2009 with <em>Wolf Hall</em> and two subsequent novels </p>
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Hilary Mantel: Celebrated author of Wolf Hall trilogy

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Louise Fletcher: Oscar-winning ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ actor

<p>Ramirez turned to teaching and developing inner-city cultural resources during the 1960s</p>
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Tina Ramirez: Founder of acclaimed Ballet Hispánico

<p>Turnbull presented the BBC’s flagship morning programme for 15 years </p>
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Bill Turnbull: Renowned host of BBC Breakfast

<p>Influential fashion and street photographer and filmmaker William Klein died on 10 September </p>
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William Klein: Fashion photographer with an eye for urban street life

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William Klein: Fashion photographer with an eye for urban street life

<p>Influential fashion and street photographer and filmmaker William Klein died on 10 September </p>
<p>Godard pictured in Paris in 1971. The impact of his early work on generations of moviemakers cannot be overstated </p>
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Jean-Luc Godard: Master of French cinema who pushed boundaries

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George Brumwell

<p>Shaw in 1997: ‘I saw it as perhaps the last frontier on television,’ he said of his move to CNN in 1980 </p>
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Bernard Shaw: CNN’s first chief news anchor

<p>Elizabeth II’s reign falls easily into the historic line that includes Victoria and the first Elizabeth </p>
The Independent View

The Queen was a unifying symbol to the nation

<p>Elizabeth II’s reign falls easily into the historic line that includes Victoria and the first Elizabeth </p>
The Independent View

The Queen was a unifying symbol to the nation

Obituaries

Queen Elizabeth II: The longest-reigning monarch in British history

<p>Wilson editing The Times in Wapping, 1987. The Glaswegian had managed to persuade most of his staff to join him there, despite having to run the gauntlet of furious printers </p>
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Charles Wilson: Abrasive juggernaut of British newspapers

<p>Roland Mesnier shows off the White House gingerbread house in 2002 </p>
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Roland Mesnier: White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century

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Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed history

<p>Sadik (pictured in 2010) insisted on adding other topics to the platform for debate, issues rarely discussed at an international conference filled with diplomats: rape, incest, and female genital mutilation</p>
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Nafis Sadik: UN activist who championed women’s reproductive rights

<p>‘For three or four years,’ Evans said, ‘my feet didn’t touch the ground’ </p>
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Nicholas Evans: Bestselling novelist who penned The Horse Whisperer

<p>American actor Heche </p>
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Anne Heche: Star of the small and silver screen

<p>James Lovelock at the tender age of 90 at the Hay Festival in 2010 </p>
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James Lovelock: Pioneer behind the ‘Gaia’ Earth hypothesis

<p>Petersen pictured in Berlin in 2015: ‘If people don’t dream any more, they won’t survive’ </p>
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Wolfgang Petersen: Oscar-nominated director of action movie classics

<p>‘Clothes should make one free and feel like being oneself’: Miyake in Paris in 1984 </p>
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Issey Miyake: Designer and fashion’s prince of pleats

<p>‘History matters. That’s what I’ve tried to convey,’: McCullough delivers an address at the Library of Congress in 2000</p>
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David McCullough: Master chronicler of American history

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David McCullough: Master chronicler of American history

<p>‘History matters. That’s what I’ve tried to convey,’: McCullough delivers an address at the Library of Congress in 2000</p>
<p>Durham in London in 1971, three years after she left the band. ‘I found my world with The Seekers superficial and single-track. I enjoyed singing, but I felt like a bird in a cage’ </p>
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Judith Durham: Singer who found global fame with The Seekers

<p>Briggs breathed creative life into British children’s publishing</p>
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Raymond Briggs: Beloved illustrator behind ‘The Snowman’

<p>Russell grins at the announcement that he had been named coach of the Boston Celtics in April 1966</p>
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Bill Russell: Basketball great who fought for civil rights

<p>Nichols helped break ground on TV by showing a Black woman in a position of authority</p>
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Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek star who broke sci-fi’s racial barrier

<p>Nichols helped break ground on TV by showing a Black woman in a position of authority</p>
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Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek star who broke sci-fi’s racial barrier

<p>Smiling assassin: Al-Zawahiri photographed in Afghanistan in 1998 </p>
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Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda head who spread violence around the world

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Philippe de Broca

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David Warner: Charismatic actor who starred in ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron’

<p>To the amazement of many observers of the political turmoil in Northern Ireland, Trimble became a principal figure in a peace process he had once opposed</p>
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David Trimble: Key broker of the Good Friday Agreement

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Bernard Cribbins: National treasure beloved by generations of children

<p>Froines, who has died aged 83, would leave Chicago embedded in the public consciousness</p>
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John Froines: Chemist charged in Chicago Seven trial

<p>Trump, who dubbed her husband ‘the Donald’ during their 13-year marriage, had been a competitive skier and later became a model</p>
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Ivana Trump: Flamboyant first wife of Donald Trump

<p>Paul Ryder onstage with Happy Mondays in 2019 </p>
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Paul Ryder: Bass guitarist who brought funk to Happy Mondays

<p>Froines, who has died aged 83, would leave Chicago embedded in the public consciousness</p>
Obituaries

John Froines: Chemist charged in Chicago Seven trial

<p>Trump, who dubbed her husband ‘the Donald’ during their 13-year marriage, had been a competitive skier and later became a model</p>
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Ivana Trump: Flamboyant first wife of Donald Trump

<p>Paul Ryder onstage with Happy Mondays in 2019 </p>
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Paul Ryder: Bass guitarist who brought funk to Happy Mondays

<p>Monty Norman and the actor and singer Diana Coupland announce their engagement in November 1955</p>
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Monty Norman: Composer behind James Bond’s signature music

<p>‘Half a wise guy’: Siricco in 1990, around the time of his breakout movie role in ‘Goodfellas’ </p>
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Tony Sirico: Sopranos star who played Paulie Walnuts

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Michael Barratt: Renowned presenter of BBC’s Nationwide

<p>Caan turned down the title role in ‘Superman’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ </p>
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James Caan: Hollywood legend who played Sonny in ‘The Godfather’

<p>Williams on a float during the 2013 Veterans Day Parade in New York </p>
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Hershel Williams: WWII veteran and last Medal of Honour recipient

<p>Abe brought a measure of stability as prime minister from 2012 to 2020</p>
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Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving prime minister

<p>Williams was the only original cast member to reprise his character in the 2016 ‘Dad’s Army’ film reboot</p>
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Frank Williams: Actor who played the dithering vicar in Dad’s Army

<p>Peter Brook directing ‘Ta Main Dans La Mienne’ in 2005 </p>
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Peter Brook: Visionary theatre director who brought plays to life

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