JIM GORDON, aged 77
A talented drummer who played with most of the greats of the 60s and 70s, and was part of a famous band, but did he steal a famous song? Eventually he was charged with murder.
KANCHHA SHERPA, aged 92
After a poverty-stricken upbringing, he was selected as a sherpa for the 1953 expedition to conquer Mount Everest. He was the last survivor of that mission.
CHRIS ‘SWAMPY’ GARRETT, aged 40
From the Isle of Man he volunteered in conflict zones, eventually becoming a non-combative bomb disposal expert in war torn Ukraine, costing him his life.
PAT ARROWSMITH, aged 93
FOUNDER MEMBER OF CND Born Margaret Patricia Arrowsmith, into a fundamentalist Protestant family in Leamington Spa, she was always known as ‘Pat’. Her mother, Margaret Kingham, had been brought up in the Plymouth Brethren movement, […]
PAL ENGER, aged 57
A professional footballer who could not resist the call of the criminal world, he stole one of the most famous paintings in the world.
ANGELES FLOREZ PEON, aged 105
Spurred into socialism by the murder of a brother, she was one of the few women to be actively involved in the Spanish Civil War, being imprisoned and tortured.
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