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Obituaries

  • taken at Mixing Lab during a session for Fruits Records, it shows Jackie Jackson with the guitarist Bopee Bowen. by Liza Mazur

    Toots and the Maytals
    Jackie Jackson obituary

    Toots and the Maytals bass player whose melodic lines drove some of the biggest reggae hits of the 1960s and 70s
  • Esther Rantzen filming scenes for the BBC show That's Life!, March 1983. The show ran for 21 years.

    Esther Rantzen
    Dame Esther Rantzen obituary

  • Nostalgia For The Light - 2010Patricio Guzman Nostalgia For The Light - 2010 Director: Patricio Guzman Atacama Productions/Blinker Film/WDR/TVe FRANCE/GERMANY/CHILE/SPAIN/USA On/Off Set Documentary Nostalgia De La Luz Nostalgie de la lumière

    Film
    Patricio Guzmán obituary

  • the Mighty Sparow 1989The Mighty Sparrow, vocal, performs at the Melkweg on 12th December 1989 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)

    Pop and rock
    Mighty Sparrow obituary

  • Ringer backstage in Torcy, near Paris, during a Les Rita Mitsouko tour, 1985.

    Pop and rock
    Catherine Ringer obituary

  • Joe Harkness, author of “Neurodivergent, By Nature : Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity”, communing with what he refers to as “the ancient tree” on Back Lane in Reepham. 19/07/25, Reepham, Norfolk, UK Ali Smith for The Guardian

    Birds
    Joe Harkness obituary

  • Bob MackieFILE - Costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie poses amongst memorabilia from his career at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., on Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

    Fashion
    Bob Mackie obituary

  • Sandro Mazzola being tackled by Carlos Alberto of Brazil in the World Cup final at the Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, in 1970.

    Italy
    Sandro Mazzola obituary

  • The Pronomos Vase, c. 400 BC. Found in the Collection of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.WWJWWF The Pronomos Vase, c. 400 BC. Found in the Collection of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.

    Classics and ancient history
    Patricia Easterling obituary

  • Alan Ferguson, sporting a moustache and wearing a checked shirt, pictured outdoors in soft sunlight

    Kenya
    Alan Ferguson obituary

  • Cal Swann in January 2026 with his last book, Australian Bushmail

    Graphic design
    Cal Swann obituary

  • Jean clark

    Labour
    Jean Clark obituary

  • Dai Owen

    Illustration
    Dai Owen obituary

  • Penny Vine

    Education
    Penny Vine obituary

  • Mary Jane Drummond, in profile, wearing a magenta hat and polka-dot scarf

    Education
    Mary Jane Drummond obituary

  • Philosopher Anthony Kenny, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book festival, 2011.

    Letter: Sir Anthony Kenny obituary

  • TIM CURRY ACTOR LA, CALIFORNIA, USA 22/10/2000 BC49C20C

    Letter: Tim Curry obituary

  • Felicity GreenFashion Editor of the Daily Mirror Felicity Green. March 1967. (Photo by Spooner/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

    Letter: Felicity Green obituary

  • Various - 1980Cheryl Hall Various - 1980

    Letter: Cheryl Hall obituary

Obituaries in the news

  • Green in 1962 when she was Daily Mirror associate editor.

    Press and publishing
    Felicity Green

  • Greer at the Edinburgh International Book festival in 2014.

    Books
    Bonnie Greer

  • Choreographer Richard Alston, Artistic Director at the Place Theatre, London. Commissioned for arts Photo by Linda Nylind. 8/9/2008

    Dance
    Sir Richard Alston

  • O’Sullivan with (left) Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett as, respectively, Chrissy, Robin and Jo in the ITV sitcom Man About the House, circa 1976.

    Television
    Richard O’Sullivan

  • Gloria Steinem speaking at a women's march in Washington DC, January 2017.

    Feminism
    Gloria Steinem

  • FILE PHOTO OF RATKO MLADICFILE PHOTO 1995 - Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, pictured in this 1995 file photo, the man who led the Bosnian Serb Army through the 1992-95 war. The Bosnian Serb premier said on Wednesday that the arrest of top fugitive war crimes suspects Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic loomed as his republic prepared to pass a law on cooperation with the Hague tribunal. REUTERS

    World news
    Ratko Mladić

  • Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter in the The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975.

    Acting
    Tim Curry

  • Yayoi Kusama at the opening ceremony of the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo in 2017.

    Art and design
    Yayoi Kusama

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