JOAN ANDERSON, aged 101
A model and pin-up girl from Australia, she became a GI Bride. She introduced a popular pastime to the USA but was cheated out of all credit and reward.
ANNE INNIS DAGG, aged 91
A pioneer scientist in animal behaviour, famous researchers followed in her footsteps. She also fought prejudice in academic circles and broke down barriers.
BOB RICHARDS, aged 97
An Olympic gold winning athlete who became a national hero, he was also a priest. Later he was a successful businessman and a very unsuccessful politician.
JOAN ANDERSON, aged 101
A model and pin-up girl from Australia, she became a GI Bride. She introduced a popular pastime to the USA but was cheated out of all credit and reward.
ANNE INNIS DAGG, aged 91
A pioneer scientist in animal behaviour, famous researchers followed in her footsteps. She also fought prejudice in academic circles and broke down barriers.
BOB RICHARDS, aged 97
An Olympic gold winning athlete who became a national hero, he was also a priest. Later he was a successful businessman and a very unsuccessful politician.
BARBARA MULLEN, aged 96
A working class girl from New York, she became a model working with leading photographers, appearing in top magazines having a career spanning three decades.
FAUJA SINGH, aged 114
After various personal tragedies, he took up long distance running aged 89, and went on to break many world records, including in the marathon.
SARAH MORLOK COTTON, aged 95
One of four identical quadruplets, their birth made national headlines. They became a singing and dancing group – but there was a dark, sinister backgroundstory.
NORA CORTINAS, aged 94
A housewife whose oldest son was captured by the military in Argentina’s Dirty War, she became a key figure in the Mothers of the Disappeared protest movement.
BRADFORD FREEMAN, aged 97
A farm boy from Mississippi, he fought with Easy Company throughout World War 2 and got severely injured. He was the last survivor of the Band of Brothers.
MARA CORDAY, aged 95
A model and actress from California, she was the most photographed woman in the world, a star of sci-fi films and had her career ruined by her husband.
MARY McGEE, aged 87
From racing cars, to motorbikes and then motocross, she was a rider who entered and won races no other woman has done – and was still riding as a veteran.
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