Times Obituaries

@NHMdinolab hi @NHMdinolab we are working on an obit of Richard. If you'd like to help with it please could you email me on georgia.heneage@the-times.co.uk? Thanks

Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight

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Mafia bosses tried to stop Al Ruddy making 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 How did he get them to drop their threats and opposition? He made them an offer they couldn't refuse... Listen to me reading his obituary on our new @TimesObits podcast here from 9m54s shows.acast.com/your-history/e…

Today @TimesLucy and I have recorded a podcast episode for @TimesObits featuring the obituaries of two remarkable people: Rugby star and MND campaigner Rob Burrow and Producer of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, Albert Ruddy Listen here: shows.acast.com/your-history/e…

@HackBlackburn Mr Blackburn Tales of D-Day You might be interested in Maureen Flavin Sweeney & the weather station at Blacksod Point 🇮🇪 thetimes.co.uk/article/90cedb… @TimesObits

Join @AnnaTemkin every week for 'Your History', a new podcast from The Times and Sunday Times looking back on the remarkable lives that have shaped our times. Launching Tuesday 28th May

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The panellists were permitted ten yes or no questions, the first of which was “Miss Lane, do your very good looks and youthful charm have any bearing on the service that you perform?” bit.ly/3vIP8iU

Hours after the crash, night descended, beasts howled and McAleese was shivering alone in the heart of “Escobar country” in “f***ing excruciating pain”. shorturl.at/izW29

Pollini was an enigma. Though shy and difficult in interviews, the former chess player was a thoughtful and relaxed conversationalist, spluttering with laughter when asked about his controlled and cerebral performances. shorturl.at/imuJT

When defending a homeless man one day, the barrister burst into song, giving the judge a rendition of Ralph McTell’s Streets of London to illustrate the hardships of those sleeping rough. bit.ly/4957bgT

In March 1958, when Rose Dugdale curtseyed to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, no one present could have imagined that the 17-year-old girl paying obeisance to her monarch would become a leading IRA terrorist. bit.ly/48YR0lm

Despite his success, he never felt included in the pop world and suffered from a measure of impostor syndrome. “A lot of the lyrical inspirations came from Cabaret and A Clockwork Orange,” he said, “so I was operating in a different world.” bit.ly/3TENurG

“I should like people to read my work and think it was like drinking lemonade,” he said, “only to find a little later that it was strongly laced. I’d want it to go down like lemonade but to hit them like vodka.” bit.ly/3uZn8HG

Josette Molland obituary: painter who joined the French Resistance She was tortured and imprisoned in Ravensbrück, and used art to document her experiences after the war #Echobox=1710337975" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.co.uk/article/josett…

“One minute he was charming, and the next a killer.” As British High Commissioner in Uganda from late 1973 James Hennessy regularly had to deal with Idi Amin and his dangerously volatile behaviour. bit.ly/3v9sKyS

She’s The One deserved to be a hit and was about to become one — although not by Wallinger but in a version by Robbie Williams using two of World Party’s regular backing musicians. bit.ly/4c5UoNUIt

Absolute cracking finish to Blyth MP Ronnie Cambell's @TimesObits 😂

Paul Rambali was the writer who helped to create the edgy sensibility of The Face magazine in the Eighties. Read the full @TimesObits article ⬇️