ILSE NATHAN, aged 98 and RUTH SIEGLER, aged 95
Very close sisters, many of their family died in the Holocaust. They survived a concentration camp and emigrated to the USA, where they told their story.
PAUL ALEXANDER, aged 78
After contracting polio as a small boy, he spent the rest of his life in an iron lung. He led a life of independence and became a leading lawyer in Texas.
JULIAN BAHULA, aged 85
An innovative jazz drummer, he became politically active and fled his native South Africa. In the UK, he raised awareness about Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment.
NICOLA TRAHAN, aged 97
A French schoolgirl who joined the SOE and was regularly parachuted into France, assisting the Resistance in fighting the Nazis. She received the Croix de Guerre.
TONY DAVIDSON, aged 90
The face of the Royal Navy, he was on recruitment posters for years. He was involved in a famous funeral and became a science fiction actor.
MILDRED KORNMAN, aged 97
Born into a Hollywood family she was in her first film at 9 months and became a child star, then a model, then a photographer. The last female silent movie star
OLGA FIKOTOVA, aged 91
A gold medal winning Olympic athlete from Czechoslovakia, she broke down Cold War barriers by falling in love with an American – to the fury of her country’s authorities.
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