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.
GALINA BROK-BELTSOVA, aged 99
Recruited to the air force when the Nazis invaded the USSR, she became part of the Night Witches and had many close shaves. After the war she joined the KGB.
JOSE EDUARDO dos SANTOS, aged 79
A committed Marxist he fought for Angolan independence. When this was achieved he became President and a dictator, making himself the richest man in Africa.
BENJAMIN B. FERENCZ, aged 103
The last of the Nuremberg Trials prosecutors, he was forced to visit concentration camps searching for evidence of crimes. He later became a world wide advocate for peace.
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