For some morbid reason I try to keep tab on the deaths of famous people who have grazed my radar of interest.
Some catch-up to do. In each case, I link to the Guardian obituaries; in all cases the internetweb is filled with comment and tributes.
Kerry Packer. In the long dim-distant past he was being villified as the most evil man in the world, for daring to want to modernise cricket. Funny how the wisdom of hindsight has led him to be described as
the man who transformed cricket, making the one-day international an established feature of the sport. In the words of the former Australian captain and commentator Richie Benaud, "It's because of what happened then, cricket is so strong now"
Merlyn Rees -one of those names left over from 70s Politics
The incomparable, irrepressible Tony Banks, one of my political heroes. Guest speaker at the Inaugural Streatham Labour Party Annual Dinner in 1994. And very amusing, too. Also an appreciation
Birgit Nilsson, Brunnhilde on the Solti Ring
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