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A Ghanaian poet, an addiction counsellor, a beat writers' muse and a special branch officer
Matthew Bannister remembers Kofi Awoonor, Peter Kay, Carolyn Cassady and Ferguson Smith.
An RAF air marshal, a cancer care centre founder, a chocolate maker, a singer and a broadcaster
Sir John Curtiss, Pat Pilkington, Brian Sollitt, Joan Regan, Tom Vernon, Franco de Gemini.
An inventor, an autogyro pilot, a photographer, a science fiction writer and a circus performer
Matthew Bannister on Ray Dolby, Wing Cdr Kenneth Wallis, Frederick Pohl and Lydia Gridneff
Two broadcasters, a folk singer and a science journalist
Matthew Bannister on Sir David Frost, David Dickson, Louisa Jo Killen and David Jacobs.
An Irish poet, a woman stockbroker, a Roma King and a Welsh rugby player
Matthew Bannister remembers Seamus Heaney, Muriel Siebert, Florin Cioaba and Cliff Morgan.
A writer, a lawyer, a motor racing team owner, an actress and an entrepreneur
Aasmah Mir on Elmore Leonard, Rosalia Mera, Jacques Verges and John Coombs.
A Holocaust activist, a Hollywood actress, a jazz keyboardist, a stuntman and a tugboat hero
Aasmah Mir recalls Betty Maxwell, Mark Sutton, Karen Black, Kenneth Dancy and George Duke.
A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer
Matthew Bannister remembers Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, Mick Farren and Bernadette Lafont.
A sex therapist, an archeologist, a modelling agent, a meditation teacher and a guitarist and songwriter
Jane Little on Virginia Johnson, Mike Morwood, John Casablancas, Sonia Moriceau, JJ Cale.
A White House journalist, a comedian, an artist, a technology guru, and a blues musician
Matthew Bannister on Helen Thomas, William Turner, Mel Smith, Dr James Martin and more.
