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Obituaries

V. P. Singh

V.P. Singh

Indian Prime Minister who created a social revolution by opening job opportunities to lower caste groups

Ibrahim Nasir

Ibrahim Nasir

Moderniser who, as the first President of the Maldives, laid the foundations for the islands’ fishing and tourist industries

Brown with film recovered from the Lusitania 67 years after she was sunk

Harold Brown

Film archivist who pioneered the conservation of fragile treasures from the early days of the cinema

The Rev George Docherty

Pastor who inspired President Dwight D. Eisenhower to amend the United States Pledge of Allegiance

Lady Weir

Diplomat who was later active in several heritage and animal charities

Utzon, demonstrating how the individual

Jørn Utzon

Danish architect whose career became synonymous with the bitterness and triumph of his greatest creation, the Sydney Opera House

Sir Bernard Feilden

Sir Bernard Feilden

Architect and heritage conservationist who helped to preserve St Paul’s Cathedral and al-Aqsa Mosque

Khertek Anchimaa-Toka

Politician who became the world’s first non-royal female head of state when elected to lead the Soviet republic of Tuva

Bob Wade

New Zealand-born chess master who played a key role in the growth of the game in the UK as a successful competitor and coach

Lives remembered. Add your personal recollections to recently published Times obituaries
Gerald Schoenfeld

Gerald Schoenfeld

New York theatre impresario who did much to shape and define the Broadway over which he ruled

Liveras: hire of his most luxurious yachts started at £500,000 per week

Andreas Liveras

Cypriot-born tycoon who made a fortune in bakery and then set up a lucrative yacht charter agency

Stephen Dean

City entrepreneur who specialised in floating small companies and was known for his nimble deal-making

Andrew Peat

Corporate lawyer who was a key figure in the £5bn sale of Unilever subsidiaries to ICI

David Summerhayes

David Summerhayes

Diplomat who played a key role in Namibia’s independence and in retirement became a leading disarmament negotiator

Creighton Carvello

Creighton Carvello

Mnemonist who performed remarkable feats of memory on television programmes around the world

Irving Brecher

Screenwriter who wrote two Marx Brothers films and worked with Judy Garland on The Wizard of Oz

Chris Bryant

Screenwriter, politician and lawyer who co-wrote the thriller Don’t Look Now and the period drama Joseph Andrews

Sutton: remarkable exploits in Greece and important air planning roles

Captain 'Alfie' Sutton

Naval airman who was the last survivor of the raid that crippled the Italian fleet at Taranto in 1940

Grace Hartigan

American painter whose work veered between macho Abstract Expressionism and painterly Pop Art

Professor L. Neville Brown

Pioneering scholar in comparative law who was one of the first to recognise the future importance of European Community law

Rudy Ray Moore

Actor, comedian and self-proclaimed ‘Godfather of Rap’ who influenced modern hip-hop culture with beat-driven, rhyming routines

Lives in brief. Other recent obituaries which have been published in The Times
Captain Michael Henry

Captain Michael Henry

Submariner who was captain of HMS Resolution when she fired Britain’s first Polaris missile at sea

Air Vice-Marshal Freddie Hurrell

Innovative Royal Air Force doctor who became Director-General of its medical services

Jan Krugier

Art dealer and collector who survived Auschwitz to create an enviable collection of works by Raphael, Ingres and Picasso

Rob Partridge

Likeable music industry publicist who fostered the careers of Bob Marley and Bono

Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss

Lady Bliss

US writer and broadcaster who devoted her later years to nurturing the legacy of her husband, the composer Arthur Bliss

Lehmann: cared passionately about the environment and fuel poverty

Peter Lehmann

Gas industry executive who lobbied for greater transparency on energy pricing

Nechemia Azaz

Abstract sculptor whose work was inspired by nature and artefacts

Hickox: he began conducting his father?s church choir at the age of 16

Richard Hickox: the Times obituary

Popular and energetic conductor who did much to rescue works by British composers from obscurity

Fortman: he took a keen interest in man v computer draughts contests

Richard Fortman

Postal draughts world champion who wrote prolifically and authoritatively about the elaborate board game for six decades

Flight Lieutenant Derek Fowler

Youthful wartime pilot who won the DFM for his daring in torpedoing a German tanker