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Friday 16 May 2008

Telegraph Obituaries

Obituaries

Peter Thurnham

Backbench Tory MP in Bolton who defected to the Lib Dems in the dog days of John Major's government.

16 May 08

Larry Levine

Recording engineer who built the 1960s Wall of Sound but fell out with Phil Spector and did not speak to him for 10 years.

16 May 08

John Phillip Law

Actor who took camp parts as Barbarella's guardian angel and as Sinbad, and was landlord to Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol.

16 May 08

Frith Banbury

Director who trained with Joan Littlewood but ignored the new theatre of the 1950s to concentrate on traditional 'well-made' plays.

15 May 08

Tommy Burns, Celtic's favourite son

Midfield player and manager at Celtic whose qualities earned him respect across Scottish football.

15 May 08

Sheikh Saad al-Sabah

Leader of Kuwait's government-in-exile during the Iraqi occupation.

14 May 08

Jeff Torrington

Novelist who won the Whitbread with his first book, Swing Hammer Swing!

14 May 08

Fred J Taylor

Author who shared his wisdom about angling and other aspects of rural life.

14 May 08

Robert Rauschenberg

American artist whose paintings and sculptures anticipated both Pop Art and Conceptualism.

13 May 08

Paul Haeberlin

Chef who won three Michelin stars and whose dishes included Périgord truffle coated in foie gras.

13 May 08
Andrew McKie