Obituaries
Notable deaths reported this week by the obituary desk.
- The GuardianStephen Shears obituaryMy father, Stephen Shears, who has died aged 70, was an incredibly talented piano tuner. He was always in great demand all over the UK and was renowned for his old school ability to tune by ear, a skill gradually being…
- The GuardianTrevor Jones obituaryMy friend Trevor “Gypsy” Jones, who has died aged 82, was a notable figure in the progressive rock movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. Later he became a session music and record producer before setting up a…
- The GuardianGeorge Fenton obituaryVersatile composer of music in a variety of styles for stage, TV and film whose theme for Newsnight was first heard in 1980 Names such as Ennio Morricone or John Williams inevitably spring to mind when the conversation…
- The GuardianPhilip Mitchell obituaryMy father, Philip Mitchell, who has died aged 91, was a chemistry lecturer at Reading University and an active member of the Labour party. Philip was born in Stratford upon Avon to Freda (nee Peacey), a domestic…
- The GuardianSteve Jones obituaryMy friend Steve Jones, who has died aged 77, had a working life devoted to humanitarian causes, with a particular focus on Bangladesh and India. In retirement he then dedicated a sizeable portion of his time to charity…
- The GuardianJohn Branfield obituaryMy father, John Branfield, who has died aged 95, was an English teacher and novelist. His early books, including Flag in the Map (1960), Look the Other Way (1963) and In the Country (1966), were for adults, but he then…
- The GuardianIan Berry obituaryPhotojournalist whose arresting images captured human disaster from Vietnam to Aberfan, and most notably in apartheid South Africa On 21 March 1960, a crowd gathered outside a police station in a Transvaal township,…
- The GuardianLetter: Penny Vine obituaryIn Leeds in the early 2000s, Penny Vine and I used her “ circle time ” technique to bring together older people and primary school children in activities to promote mutual understanding and recognition. Her empathy,…