All about the United Kingdom’s national, regional and local press
Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella, television and film director and screenwriter, died on 18 March 2008 aged 54.
Baron Russell-Johnston
Russell Johnston, Liberal Democrat MP and Scottish and European politician, died on 27 July 2008 aged 75.
Bashir Ahmad
Bashir Ahmad, the first Member of the Scottish Parliament to be either an Asian or a Muslim, died on 6 February 2009 aged 68
Beryl Cook
Beryl Cook, hugely popular self-taught artist, died on 28 May 2008 aged 81.
Danny La Rue
Danny La Rue, cabaret drag artist and stage star, died on 31 May 2009 aged 81.
Egon Ronay
Egon Ronay, Hungarian-born restaurateur, food critic and restaurant guide compiler, died on 12 June 2010 aged (so it is believed) 94.
Frank Blackmore
Frank Blackmore, inventor of the mini-roundabout, died on 5 June 2008 aged 92.
George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series of Victorian ripping yarns, died on 2 January 2008 aged 82.
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, director and actor, died on 24 December 2008 aged 78.
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz trumpeter, bandleader, broadcaster and journalist, died on 25 April 2008 aged 86.
Ian McColl
Ian McColl, football player and manager of the Scottish national team, died on 24 October 2008 aged 81.
Ian Smith
Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia during its period of unilaterally declared independence, died on 20 November 2007 aged 88.
Jack Scott
Jack Scott, weatherman for BBC TV (1969-83) and for Thames Television (1983-88), died on 11 November 2008 aged 85.
Jeremy Beadle
Jeremy Beadle, TV prankster and presenter of light entertainment shows, died on 30 January 2008 aged 59.
John Esmonde
John Esmonde, radio and television sitcom writer in partnership with Bob Larbey, died on 10 August 2008 aged 71.
