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  • FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran January 8, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei obituary

    Supreme leader of Iran who maintained theocratic rule at home and an anti-western axis of resistance in the Middle East
  • Carradine in The Big Red One, 1980.

    Film
    Robert Carradine obituary

  • Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 - 2015 at the Whitechapel. PR Dóra Maurer Seven Rotations 1-6 1979 Six gelatin silver prints 20 * 20 cm each Collection of Zsolt Somlói and Katalin Spengler © Dóra Maurer

    Art and design
    Dóra Maurer obituary

  • Willie Colon in concert at Hard Rock Live in Los Angeles, America - 25 Nov 2012Willie Colon Willie Colon in concert at Hard Rock Live in Los Angeles, America - 25 Nov 2012

    Music
    Willie Colón obituary

  • Sir John Wilson and his wife Lady Jean Wilson visit World Health Organization, Geneva, 1976

    Blindness and visual impairment
    Jean Wilson obituary

  • Cees NooteboomDutch novelist, poet and journalist Cees Nooteboom, Milan, 12th December 2015. (Photo by Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images)

    Fiction
    Cees Nooteboom obituary

  • Matz Skoog as Moon in Cruel Garden, English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells theatre, London, 1988.

    Ballet
    Matz Skoog obituary

  • USA. Tom Noonan in a scene from (C)De Laurentiis Entertainment Group film: Manhunter (1986). Plot: Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed the Tooth Fairy by the media. Ref: LMK110-J10152-250823 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com2RM1K5A USA. Tom Noonan in a scene from (C)De Laurentiis Entertainment Group film: Manhunter (1986). Plot: Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed the Tooth Fairy by the media. Ref: LMK110-J10152-250823 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com

    Film
    Tom Noonan obituary

  • Meredith Hooper in her second season in Antartica, 1998-89, at Palmer Station with the American Antarctic Division, and on the US research vessel the Laurence M Gould

    Science and nature books
    Meredith Hooper obituary

  • Riaz Hasan

    Engineering
    Riaz Hasan obituary

  • Michael Collins

    Planning policy
    Michael Collins obituary

  • George Bennett during a visit to Somalia in the 1970s

    BBC World Service
    George Bennett obituary

  • Jan Ainsley

    University of Chichester
    Jan Ainsley obituary

  • Gregory de Polnay as detective sergeant Mike Brewer in Dixon of Dock Green in 1974

    Television & radio
    Gregory de Polnay obituary

  • Joe Benjamin.

    Music
    Joe Benjamin obituary

  • Nigel de Gruchy in his study in 1996.

    Letter: Nigel de Gruchy obituary

  • Philip Pacey for Other Lives

    Letter: Philip Pacey obituary

  • Colin Ford for Obits

    Letter: Colin Ford obituary

  • Mark Fisher, Labour party Arts and Media spokesman and Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, attends a photo call on the River Thames in London, England on July 4, 1991.HTCDA7 Mark Fisher, Labour party Arts and Media spokesman and Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, attends a photo call on the River Thames in London, England on July 4, 1991.

    Letter: Mark Fisher obituary

Obituaries in the news

  • James Van Der Beek. London. Photograph by David Levene. 29/3/07

    Television
    James Van Der Beek

  • Jeane Freeman MSPFormer Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, who was a key figure in the response to the Covid pandemic, has died at the age of 72 announced 07/02/2026 This photo shows Jeane Freeman MSP is Minister for Social Security and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament, Holyrood. SNP. Edinburgh, Scotland UK 14/06/2018 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. sgealbadh, A22G5C

    Scotland
    Jeane Freeman

  • Gladys West and Sam Smith look over data from the Global Positioning System, which Gladys helped develop at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, VA in 1985 credit:U.S. Navy. Image shot 1985. Exact date unknown.3DH3457 Gladys West and Sam Smith look over data from the Global Positioning System, which Gladys helped develop at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, VA in 1985 credit:U.S. Navy. Image shot 1985. Exact date unknown.

    Mathematics
    Gladys West

  • Virgo at the baize during the 1990 World Championships in the Crucible theatre, Sheffield.

    Snooker
    John Virgo

  • The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 2010Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geraint Lewis/Shutterstock (1895927ae) Allan Massie The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 2010

    Books
    Allan Massie

  • Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice, 1988, directed by Tim Burton

    Film
    Catherine O’Hara

  • Photo of SLY & ROBBIE and Sly DUNBARUNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2000: Photo of SLY & ROBBIE and Sly DUNBAR; Drummer Lowell "Sly" Dunbar performing on stage (Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns)

    Reggae
    Sly Dunbar

  • Eric and Jessica Huntley, who founded the first black publishing company. A conference is to be held celebration 50 years of Black British publishing. For Society Off Diary

    Black British culture
    Eric Huntley

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