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Radio 4's weekly obituaries programme |
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Friday听26th听October 2007
(Rpt) Sunday听28th October
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Andree de Jongh
Resistance leader who has died aged 90
Only twenty four years old and without any formal training, Countess Andree de Jongh 鈥 known as Dee Dee - set up the 鈥淐omet Line鈥 which took more than 1200 men from German鈥搊ccupied Belgium to Spain. Dee Dee herself made the journey by train across France and then on foot over the Pyrenees repeatedly, personally helping over 100 men to return to Britain. In 1943, she was arrested by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp where she survived by hiding amongst other prisoners. Andree De Jongh was born in German-occupied Brussels in 1916. Her father was a schoolteacher who later joined her work for the resistance. After the war Andree spent many years working in leper colonies in Africa before finally retiring to Brussels.
Matthew Bannister talks to two airmen Stan Hope and Bob Frost, rescued by de Jongh and also to Professor Michael Foot of Cambridge University who is an expert on the wartime activities of the Special Operations Executive.
Andree de Jongh was born November 30th 1916 and died October 13th 2007. |
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Werner von Trapp
Singer with the von Trapp Family Singers, who has died aged 91
For millions of cinema goers around the world, Werner Von Trapp will forever be 11 year old Kurt in the film The Sound of Music. Werner was one of seven children and the second son of the former submarine commander Baron Georg von Trapp 鈥 who famously married his children鈥檚 governess, the novice nun Maria.
The von Trapp family singers made an international name for themselves on concert platforms across Europe, before fleeing from the Nazis in 1938. They eventually settled in the United States, on a farm in Vermont. During the Second World War, Werner served with the American army, before returning to continue musical tours with his family. Although they became internationally famous once the Sound of Music was released, the Von Trapps made little money from the film of their lives. The group retired from giving concerts in 1956 and Werner lived modestly as a dairy farmer.
Matthew Bannister talks to Werner von Trapp鈥檚 daughter, Barbara Crandall who remembers being brought up in a musical household.
Werner von Trapp was born December 21st 1915 and died October 11th 2007. |
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Admiral William J Crowe
Former Ambassador to the UK who has died aged 82.
Bill Crowe was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Ronald Reagan 鈥 and caused a political storm by endorsing Bill Clinton for President. Brought up in Oklahoma, the son of a lawyer, Bill Crowe鈥檚 career was full of contradictions. He rose to the top of the navy through a series of jobs in Washington, rather than spectacular service at sea. He was an intellectual with a masters in education from Stanford and a doctorate in politics from Princeton 鈥 in a service with a reputation for being anti-intellectual. He was the Presidential military advisor who appeared as himself in an episode of the TV comedy series 鈥淐heers鈥. In fact he was as well known for his sense of humour as his political and military acumen and his reward for supporting Bill Clinton was the job of Ambassador to the UK.
Matthew Bannister speaks to Rear Admiral Joe Strasser who was Bill Crowe鈥檚 executive assistant for four years and former Defence Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Admiral William J Crowe was born January 2nd 1925 and died October 18th 2007. |
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Lucky Dube
South African reggae star who has died aged 43.
South Africa鈥檚 biggest reggae star Lucky Dube was shot dead during a carjacking in Johannesburg in front of his teenage children. The story vied with the rugby world cup victory for space on the front pages of South African papers. Lucky Dube released more than twenty albums, toured extensively around the world and collaborated with European artists like Peter Gabriel, Sinead O鈥機onnor and Sting. Born into a Zulu family on a farm in a small town 90 miles west of Johannesburg, he was named Lucky by his mother because he survived after her previous pregnancy ended in miscarriage.
It was whilst he was at school that Lucky developed his love of music by singing in the choir. At the age of eighteen he joined his cousin鈥檚 band, and their Zulu pop sound gained them a record contract. After six successful albums, Lucky decided that the time had come to change musical direction and embrace reggae.
Matthew Bannister speaks to the head of his record company, Ivor Haarburger.
Lucky Dube was born August 3rd听1964 and died October 18th 2007. |
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