William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of The Exorcist and The French Connection – obituary
A compelling storyteller, he researched The French Connection by shadowing two New York detectives, breaking into apartments on drug busts
A compelling storyteller, he researched The French Connection by shadowing two New York detectives, breaking into apartments on drug busts
He wrote the music for dozens of silent classics and collaborated with Paul McCartney
‘I remember Stuart’s heroically gentle and gracious phone manner, even in the most trying circumstances,’ one colleague recalled
His best known league game was the famous ‘Watersplash’ Challenge Cup final, and he later helped to spread the sport to the south of England
He was an exponent of the ‘High Tech’ style but went on to develop a new dialogue between older building traditions and modern needs
He looked back fondly on his time in the U-2, saying: ‘Such sheer power, spectacle and fun is unlikely to be permitted these days’
A ‘big lister’, he spotted the bee hummingbird of Cuba and the New Guinea blue bird of paradise, and helped rediscover the São Tomé grosbeak
She shared diagnostic skills with her twin, David – he discovered Old Master paintings, she had an intuition for detecting symptoms early
Jameson had embarked in HMS Venerable to join the British Pacific Fleet for the assault on Japan when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
Winterflood’s campaign for the creation of the Unlisted Securities Market led to the creation of the Alternative Investment Market (Aim)
She sued over claims that she had been sexually involved with the white supremacist Eugène Terreblanche
He stayed part of the band’s line-up until Hotel California in 1976 and left the following year after internal disagreements
The Dave Clark Five took his 'Red Balloon', and Cliff Richard his 'Big Ship', into the Top 10
The liquidation of BCCI was said to be the most complex ever but Smouha succeeded in recovering all creditors’ outstanding balances
Her raw, tear-stained music video won her worldwide fame. Two years later, she tore up an image of the Pope on American television
She appeared aged three in Limelight and later objected to her father's 'Little Tramp' image being used to sell gambling
Dubbed ‘the wizard with the scissors’, his military-inspired suits were worn by everyone from Twiggy to Mick Jagger, the Beatles and Elton
A relative latecomer to opera, he sang mainly character roles in opera houses around the world into his seventies
His guides sold a million and contributed to a six-fold increase in the numbers of pilgrims following the 'Camino' routes
He served in Italy during the Second World War and in Malaya with the SAS before becoming an award-winning wine grower in Somerset