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.
FATHER JEREMY DAVIES, aged 87
After qualifying as a doctor he became a Catholic Priest, rising to become England’s prominent exorcist. A man of firm beliefs and controversial opinions.
BEPPE PIRODDI, aged 82
An Italian playboy in the 1960s he was part of a group known as The Four Musketeers. He had affairs with rich women and had celebrity friends, as long as connections with royals and the Mafia.
JUSTO GALLEGO, aged 96
A former Trappist monk he rebuilt a church destroyed in the Spanish Civil War – but he kept going and it became a cathedral, made of scrap
JAMES BUTLER, aged 90
A noted sculptor he worked with the Queen, for the Royal Mint, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Wolverhampton Wanderers and for the military – his statues are to be found in diverse places.
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