POPE.L, aged 68
From a poor background he became America’s finest performance artist with many exhibitions, often very controversial and addicted to crawling the streets.
EDDIE SPENCE, aged 91
Learning his trade as a baker he created many cakes for Royal occasions and was the world expert in royal icing. Many of his royal weddings ended in divorce.
MARK WHEELER, aged 74
An American academic who lived in the UK, he became the expert on Yugoslavia, helping rebuild the country after its dissolution, working for the United Nations.
MUTHONI WA KIRIMA, aged 92
Joining the Mau Mau in her native Kenya, to fight against colonial oppression, she rose to become Field Marshal, noted for her bravery and skill in battle.
YANG HUAIDING, aged 71
Rising from poverty as a factory worker, he took a gamble on China’s new stock market and became a multi-millionaire – and a national hero with it.
DOROTHY HOFFNER, aged 104
A resident of a Chicago nursing home, she broke the world record by doing a skydive aged 104. “Age is just a number.”
SYLVAIN SAUDAN, aged 87
An extreme skier, he completed 23 first descents of mountains, invented a new sport and skiing style and broke world records and cheated death on two occasions.
EWY ROSQVIST, aged 94
A vet who turned to rally driving, she was European Champion before winning a men’s endurance race. She never crashed or broke down. The greatest of all time?
PHILIPPE DE GAULLE, aged 102
A war hero, admiral and politician who was denied deserved honours , his whole career and life was over shadowed by having an extremely famous father.
TREV HAYSOM, aged 81
Eleventh generation of a family of stone masons from Dorset, he was the world expert on Purbeck Marble. He worked on all the main cathedrals and many castles.
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