ANNE PONSONBY, aged 98
After volunteering for the forces in the war, she was recruited by the SOE, playing a major role co-ordinating clandestine operations in occupied Europe.
WILLIAM CAIN, aged 85
A trained lawyer from the Isle of Man he was responsible for modernising the island’s laws – and also for protecting it’s heritage and wildlife.
PRINCESS FAZILE, aged 83
From a rich royal lineage, she was just a teenager when she got engaged to a king – but an assassination and a military coup thwarted her plans.
IRMA CAPECE MINUTOLO, aged 87?
A beauty queen who had a controversial relationship with an exiled monarch and playboy. She became a failed – then ultimately, a highly successful opera singer.
JEAN ARGLES, aged 97
She worked as an SOE operative, running agents throughout the war and deciphering codes, as her sister worked with Bletchley Park and her father was in a POW camp.
DAVID SUTHERLAND, aged 89
Cartoonist who drew The Bash Street Kids for 60 years, as well as Dennis the Menace and Biffo the Bear – but questions were raised in Parliament.
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