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Henry Kissinger, refugee from the Nazis who swept to power serving Nixon as US Secretary of State – obituary
Unlike Nixon he was gregarious, had abundant charm, and could mesmerise journalists even while taking the greatest care to hoodwink them
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Paul Watson, fly-on-the-wall documentary-maker known as ‘the godfather of reality TV’ – obituary
His warts-and-all portrait of a working-class family in Reading drew 10 million viewers but his subjects claimed it destroyed their lives
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Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Law Lord who ruled in the controversial separation of conjoined twins – obituary
Pre-eminent in tax and trust matters, he was considered exceptionally clever – even by the rarefied standards of the highest courts
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James Robertson, civil servant who coined the phrase ‘wind of change’ for Harold Macmillan – obituary
Later, he championed ‘alternative economics’, arguing that the damage being done to the environment would likely be 30 times greater by 2050
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Russell Norman, restaurateur behind Polpo who blazed a trail with small plates and no reservations – obituary
His unconventional formula of ‘small plates, loud music [and] waiters with tattoos and bed hair’ was rapidly emulated throughout London
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Air Vice-Marshal Professor Tony Mason, leading thinker on defence and air power – obituary
He set up a programme of video interviews with men such as Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and Leonard Cheshire, VC
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Michael Alexander, poet and broadcaster whose Anglo-Saxon translations were used in Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation – obituary
For 17 years he represented Scotland on Radio 4’s Round Britain quiz and presented documentaries on Penelope Fitzgerald and TS Eliot
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Marcel Anisfeld, postwar refugee who became London’s smoked salmon king as head of H Forman – obituary
His Polish-Jewish family survived the Holocaust by being imprisoned by the Russians but nine-year-old Marcel had to be nurse and breadwinner
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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, French pioneer of ‘microhistory’ whose study of Montaillou was a bestseller – obituary
A fervent advocate of European federalism, he traced Britain’s hostility to the movement for European integration to its ‘papist’ origins
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Lady Penn, loyal friend of Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother – obituary
As a young woman Prue Penn took a full part in London social life and, working at the Foreign Office, once made a home movie with Kim Philby
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Annabel Giles, actress and broadcaster who later forged careers as novelist and agony aunt – obituary
With a lively personality, she made her name on children’s TV but ranged from acting (in Riders) to presenting on Radio 4’s Loose Ends
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Joan Savage, variety star who appeared as Greta Garbo in Dad’s Army and in Coronation Street – obituary
By royal request, she sang Ivor Novello’s It’s Bound to be Right on the Night on the radio for the Queen Mother's birthday
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Heather Rogers, leading media and defamation lawyer who acted for Deborah Lipstadt against David Irving – obituary
Irving inadvertently addressed the judge as ‘Mein Fuhrer’ in his closing submissions, and was left with a £2 million bill for costs
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Joss Ackland, hard-working actor on stage and screen who made a memorable impact in White Mischief – obituary
The deep-voiced actor had a prolific stage career, but cameo roles adding class to Hollywood movies helped him to support a large family
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Rosalynn Carter, influential US First Lady and loyal confidante of President Jimmy Carter – obituary
Nicknamed the ‘Steel Magnolia’, she attended cabinet meetings and represented her husband at ceremonial and sometimes political occasions
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Joe Tilson, printmaker and sculptor hailed by the Telegraph as ‘the forgotten king of British Pop Art’ – obituary
He went on to develop a style drawing on motifs of Mediterranean mythology and arcane symbolism – ‘the eternal rather than the ephemeral’
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Lord Cotter, Liberal Democrat MP who championed small businesses – obituary
‘If just one job were to be created in every small business, it would solve the employment problem,’ he declared in his maiden speech
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Philip James, obesity scientist who popularised the Body Mass Index and waged war on junk food – obituary
In 1983, his report on fat, sugar and salt intakes was blocked by the DoH – a scandal described by one scientist as ‘our own Watergate’
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Ivor Robson, official starter at the Open Championship who introduced the golfers to the crowd for 40 years – obituary
He eschewed lavatory breaks: ‘I didn’t eat or drink anything. My belief was if you don’t have any input, you shouldn’t have any output’
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The Rev Paul Abram, parachuting Army padre who was later chaplain to the Tower of London – obituary
Abram was in the mould of the brave chaplains in the Second World War who dropped at Arnhem and stayed behind with the wounded
