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Radio 4's weekly obituaries programme |
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Friday听20th June 2008
(Rpt) Sunday听22nd June |
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Stan Winston
Special effects and makeup artist who has died aged 62
The robot in 鈥淭erminator鈥, the Queen in 鈥淎liens鈥, the T Rex in 鈥淛urassic Park鈥 and the Predator 听were all the work of Stan Winston.听He won no less than four Oscars for make up and visual effects and was nominated a further six times.
Stan Winston collaborated regularly with directors like James Cameron and Tim Burton, for whom he developed the make up and effects for Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands and Danny de Vito as the Penguin in Batman Returns. He studied painting and sculpture at the University of Virginia and then after graduating, he moved to Hollywood with the aim of becoming an actor. When he failed to find work, he took a make up apprenticeship at the Walt Disney Studios.
In 1972, he set up his own company 鈥 Stan Winston Studios 鈥 which has grown to become one of the most sought after in the industry.
Matthew Bannister talks to Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan who worked with Stan Winston.
Stanley Winston was born April 7th 1946. He听died June 15th 2008.
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Peter Asquith
Co-founder of Asda who has died aged 81
Peter Asquith听started his working life at sixteen in the family butcher鈥檚 shop in Pontefract in West Yorkshire. He ended it as life president of the Asda supermarket chain which he co-founded with his brother Fred.
Peter Asquith鈥檚 emphasis on discounting built the business from its first supermarket in his home town to become one of the big four chains that dominate food shopping in Britain. Even though the company is now owned by the American giant Wal Mart, Peter still went in to work every day until he died. He also became a successful racehorse owner and trainer with a stud run by his daughter Gay Scott.
Matthew Bannister talks to Gay Scott and听to Andy King who worked with Peter Asquith at Asda for twenty years. |
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Cyd Charisse
Dancer and actress who has died aged 86听
They said her legs were insured for ten million dollars 鈥 and certainly Cyd Charisse鈥檚 pins were extremely valuable to MGM studios in Hollywood. She was a classically trained ballerina who had taken up dancing to strengthen her muscles after suffering from polio as a child. Her grace of movement and natural beauty made her an obvious choice to partner the two great male dance stars of the 1940s and 50s 鈥 Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Cyd Charisse appeared with Astaire in Bandwagon and Silk Stockings and with Kelly in Brigadoon and Singin鈥 In The Rain.
Matthew Bannister talks to听the British dancer Lionel Blair.
Cyd Charisse was born March 8th听1921. She died June 17th 2008. |
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Jack Skinner
Canal boatman who has died aged 88听
Jack Skinner was one of the last canal boatmen who made his living transporting freight on Britain鈥檚 waterways. He came from a long line of canal carriers and boat builders, going back two hundred years.
Jack was born in a cottage at Braunston in Northamptonshire at the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union canals. At just three weeks old, he was taken on board his parents鈥 narrow boat, and spent the rest of his life either on or beside the water. In 1946 Jack married Rose Hone, the daughter of another established canal family, and the pair formed a partnership of equals as they plied their trade up and down the inland waterways.
Matthew Bannister talks to local historian Catherine Robinson听and to Rose Skinner.
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John Thomas "Jack" Skinner who was born August 19th 1919. He听died April 28th 2008.
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Esbj枚rn Svensson听
Jazz muscian who has died aged 44
Esbj枚rn Svensson was the leader of a Swedish jazz trio who had made a big impact internationally. Often playing to young audiences in rock venues, Svensson was known for his vibrant piano playing style. His trio 鈥 E.S.T - won awards for their records in their native Sweden as well as in Germany and France.听
The jazz musician and radio presenter Julian Joseph pays tribute to Esbj枚rn Svensson.
Esbj枚rn Svensson has died in a scuba diving accident aged 44.
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