Vlasta Dalibor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dr Robert Acland, Asa Briggs, Barry Hines, Johan Cruyff
Julian Worricker on historian Asa Briggs, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, puppeteer Vlasta Dalibor, surgeon Robert Acland, writer Barry Hines and footballer Johan Cruyff.
Julian Worricker on:
Asa Briggs, social historian and university administrator, who wrote a five-volume history of the 大象传媒.
Austrian conductor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, famed for his pursuit of authenticity in both early and modern music.
Vlasta Dalibor, co-creator of Pinky and Perky.
Professor Robert Acland, a pioneer of microsurgery in both Britain and America.
Barry Hines, the author and screenwriter, who adapted his novel A Kestrel for a Knave into the film 'Kes'.
And....one of football's greatest players and most successful managers, Johan Cruyff.
Last on
Asa Briggs
Last Word spoke to Prof Michael Farthing, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sussex
Born 7 May 1921; died 15 March 2016, aged 94
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Last Word spoke to聽musician and conductor, Milan Turkovic.
Born 6 December; died 5 March 2016, aged 86
Dr Robert Acland
Last Word spoke to Dr Gordon Tobin, Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Louisville.
Born 20 June 1941; died 6 January 2016, aged 74
Vlasta Dalibor
Last Word spoke to broadcaster and poet, Ian McMillan.
Born 22 May 1921; died 21 February 2016, aged 94
Barry Hines
Last Word spoke to journalist and family friend, Paul Allen.
Born 30 June 1939; died 18 March 2016, aged 76
Johan Cruyff
Born 25 April 1947; died 24 March 2016, aged 68
Broadcasts
- Fri 25 Mar 2016 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 27 Mar 2016 20:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
