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Obituaries

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Private equity
    David Bonderman, 1942-2024, private equity’s globetrotting rock star

    TPG co-founder was part of a generation of buyout pioneers and made some of the industry’s boldest bets

    David Bonderman
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Mary McGee
    Mary McGee, motorbike racing pioneer, 1936-2024

    A trailblazer in the masculine world of the sport, she performed legendary feats

    Mary McGee competes on a motorbike in 1960, the year she became the first woman in the US to hold a licence from the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Charles Handy
    Charles Handy, management thinker and author, 1932-2024

    Writer provided prescient and provocative insights into the world of work

  • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
    Barbara Taylor Bradford
    Barbara Taylor Bradford, novelist, 1933-2024

    The bestselling writer championed women defining themselves on their own terms

    Barbara Taylor Bradford sat at a desk. She was often described as a writer of ‘romances’, but the true themes of her work are human agency and self-determination
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Kit McMahon
    Kit McMahon, central banker, 1927-2024

    As deputy governor, he helped steer the Bank of England through one of the most turbulent periods in British economic history

    Sir Kit McMahon
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Thomas Kurtz
    Thomas Kurtz, mathematician, 1928-2024

    His invention of the Basic programming language paved the way for the personal computer revolution

    Thomas Kurtz in front of a huge computer with tape reels
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    John Prescott
    John Prescott, UK politician, 1938-2024

    Former deputy prime minister central to the New Labour project was one of the party’s most popular figures

    John Prescott campaigns outside Fife House
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Visual Arts
    Frank Auerbach, artist, 1931-2024

    The painter escaped Nazi Germany to become one of the towering figures of British postwar art

    A man sits on a chair in an art studio surrounding by painting equipment
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Henry Keswick
    Henry Keswick, taipan who took Jardine Matheson back to China, 1938-2024

    British businessman pushed his historic family-run trading house into mainland Chinese and south-east Asia markets

    Henry Keswick
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Music
    Quincy Jones, music producer, 1933-2024

    The jazz arranger turned entertainment mogul embodied the history of 20th-century popular music

    A man sit smiling with his arms folded
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    Books
    Gary Indiana, novelist and cultural critic, 1950-2024

    His satirical instincts remained intact even as wrote on the darkest and most transgressive subjects

    Two men talk in a large foyer
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Fethullah Gulen
    Fethullah Gülen, Turkish cleric and Erdoğan foe, 1941-2024

    US-based preacher helped president’s rise to power but was later accused of plotting bloody 2016 coup attempt

    Fethullah Gülen in his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, US in  September 2013
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Mike Jackson
    General Sir Mike Jackson, 1944-2024

    Celebrated British soldier with varied and illustrious military career famed for clash with his Nato commander

    General Sir Mike Jackson
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Alex Salmond
    Alex Salmond, Scottish first minister and independence champion, 1954-2024

    Political heavyweight whose turbulent career culminated in 2014 referendum defeat

    Alex Salmond
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Biography and memoir
    Lore Segal, Austrian-American novelist, 1928-2024

    Escape from Nazi Germany through the Kindertransport initiative was the catalyst for a lifetime of writing

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Herman Chinery-Hesse
    Herman Chinery-Hesse, tech entrepreneur, 1963-2024

    He was an innovator who sought to tailor software to African realities

    Herman Chinery-Hesse
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Ratan Tata
    Ratan Tata, leading Indian businessman, 1937-2024

    Industrialist who led the Tata conglomerate’s acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover and UK steel plants, with mixed results

    Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and industrialist is photographed at Taj Residencies in central London in 2018
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson, singer, songwriter and actor, 1936-2024

    He broke the mould in Nashville but was rarely satisfied with his work

    Musician Kris Kristofferson
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Hassan Nasrallah
    Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizbollah, 1960-2024

    Charismatic Lebanese cleric and founding figure of guerrilla group that became the Middle East’s most powerful paramilitary force

  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Arts
    Maggie Smith, actor, 1934-2024

    Versatile star whose work across eight decades spanned crowd-pleasing comedy, Shakespearean tragedy and wizardry

  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Peter Jay
    Peter Jay, economics journalist and broadcaster, 1937-2024

    After helping to undo the postwar consensus, he became Britain’s man in Washington DC

    English economist, journalist, broadcaster and one-time diplomat Peter Jay holding a telephone receiver near his desk at the The Times offices
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Victor Halberstadt
    Victor Halberstadt, chair of the Bilderberg foundation, 1939-2024

    His deep commitment to the transatlantic relationship was rooted in his wartime experiences

    Victor Halberstadt
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones, actor, 1931-2024

    Titan of stage and screen, he conquered a childhood stammer to become one of Hollywood’s most memorable voices

    Actor James Earl Jones
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Betty Halbreich
    Betty Halbreich, personal shopper, 1927-2024

    Stylist to Manhattan’s elite at Bergdorf Goodman, she was famous for her frank critiques and indifference to how much clients actually spent

    A middle-aged woman stands in a department store
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Leonard Riggio
    Leonard Riggio, bookseller, 1941-2024

    As head of America’s Barnes & Noble chain he reinvented the business, but could not compete with Amazon’s disruption

    Leonard Riggio stands in front of a pink Andy Warhol silkscreen painting in his New York office. He is wearing a white shirt and a dark tie, and he is smiling.
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