JUDY PERCIVAL, aged 100
A dancer whose husband went to war, so she set off to the jungles of Asia to find him. Later on, she was the wife of an MP and friend to the Prime Minister.
JOHN FOX, aged 86
A lecturer who founded his own performing arts company he was renown for spectacular shows and pyrotechnics. He rejuvenated a town in Cumbria.
LADY SALLY ASPINALL, aged 80
An aristocratic model, after her first husband was killed she married a millionaire who owned a zoo – and looking after animals became her role in life.
OLEG GORDIEVSKY, aged 86
A KGB officer, he became a double agent in the Cold War, spying for Britain. His escape from the USSR was audacious – but the Russians kept trying to kill him.
PAUL STEPHENSON, aged 87
A civil rights activist who led the Bristol Bus Boycott, which led to the law on race being changed in the UK . He also led a famous sit-in, in a Bristol pub.
ELIZABETH SELBY, aged 96
Fleeing Europe and the Nazis, she set up a photograph agency in London with her husband, which captured many famous images and supplied the world’s media.
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.
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.
LUCIA HIRIART, aged 98
A Chilean aristocrat, she married army officer Augusto Pinochet. When he led a military coup she became First Lady, known for her temper and love of wealth.
DOUG MOLLER, aged 89
He lived with his wife in the most primitive of conditions in rural Staffordshire and went to war with hikers, climbers, local authorities and the police.
Latest Posts
