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A Buddhist leader, a cookery writer, a Motown stylist, an Australian criminal and a whisky distiller
Aasmah Mir on Choje Akong Rinpoche, Marcella Hazan, Maxine Powell and Mark 'Chopper' Read.
Maria de Villota, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Dr Ruth Patrick, Kathleen Watkins, Phil Chevron
Matthew Bannister remembers Maria de Villota, General Vo Nguyen Giap and Dr Ruth Patrick.
A thriller writer, a musician, the Kabbalah Centre founder and a Hammer Horror producer
Matthew Bannister on Tom Clancy, Lindsay Cooper, Rabbi Philip Berg and Anthony Hinds.
A Ghanaian poet, an addiction counsellor, a beat writers' muse and a special branch officer
Matthew Bannister remembers Kofi Awoonor, Peter Kay, Carolyn Cassady and Ferguson Smith.
An RAF air marshal, a cancer care centre founder, a chocolate maker, a singer and a broadcaster
Sir John Curtiss, Pat Pilkington, Brian Sollitt, Joan Regan, Tom Vernon, Franco de Gemini.
An inventor, an autogyro pilot, a photographer, a science fiction writer and a circus performer
Matthew Bannister on Ray Dolby, Wing Cdr Kenneth Wallis, Frederick Pohl and Lydia Gridneff
Two broadcasters, a folk singer and a science journalist
Matthew Bannister on Sir David Frost, David Dickson, Louisa Jo Killen and David Jacobs.
An Irish poet, a woman stockbroker, a Roma King and a Welsh rugby player
Matthew Bannister remembers Seamus Heaney, Muriel Siebert, Florin Cioaba and Cliff Morgan.
A writer, a lawyer, a motor racing team owner, an actress and an entrepreneur
Aasmah Mir on Elmore Leonard, Rosalia Mera, Jacques Verges and John Coombs.
A Holocaust activist, a Hollywood actress, a jazz keyboardist, a stuntman and a tugboat hero
Aasmah Mir recalls Betty Maxwell, Mark Sutton, Karen Black, Kenneth Dancy and George Duke.
