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An astronomer, a sitar player, a surgeon, an engineer, a singer and a newsreader
Matthew Bannister on sitar player Ravi Shankar, transplant surgeon Joseph Murray, astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, bicycle designer Alex Moulton and folk singer Ian Campbell.
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The sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar who found fame in the West after collaborations with George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin.
Joseph Murray - the American surgeon who carried out the world's first successful human organ transplant
The astronomer Sir Patrick Moore - Murray Lachlan Young pays tribute in verse.
The bicycle designer Alex Moulton
And the influential folk singer Ian Campbell - he's recalled by Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention and Mike Harding.
Last on
Sun 16 Dec 2012
20:30
大象传媒 Radio 4
Ravi Shankar
Matthew spoke to world music journalist and lecturer Jameela Siddiqi, to jazz guitarist John Mclaughlin and to Simon Broughton who is the Editor of Song Lines Magazine.
Born 7 April 1920; died 11 December 2012 aged 92.
Joseph Murray
Matthew spoke to his former colleague Professor Sir Roy Calne and to the immunologist Leslie Brent.
Born 1 April 1919; died 26 November 2012 aged 93.
Sir Patrick Moore
The poet Murray Lachlan Young pays tribute in verse.
Born 4 March 1923; died 9 December 2012 aged 89.
Alex Moulton
Last Word spoke to his great nephew Sean Moulton, to his friend the cycling historian Tony Hadland and to the industrial designer Sir James Dyson.
Born 9 April 1920; died 9 December 2012 aged 92.
Ian Campbell
Last Word spoke to the musician Dave Pegg and to musician and Radio 2 presenter Mike Harding.
Born 10 June 1933; died 24 November 2012 aged 79.
Kenneth Kendall
Born 7 August 1924; died聽14 December 2012 aged 88.
Broadcasts
- Fri 14 Dec 2012 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 16 Dec 2012 20:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
