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Benjamin Zephaniah: trailblazing writer who 'took poetry everywhere'
In the Spotlight Remembering the 'radical' wordsmith's 'wit and sense of mischief'
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Shane MacGowan: the unruly former punk with a literary soul
In the Spotlight The Pogues frontman died aged 65
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Remembering former US Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court
the explainer O'Connor played a pivotal role on the bench and was regarded as the one of the powerful women of her era
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Bobby Charlton: England's old-fashioned sporting hero
Obituary Not only was Sir Bobby one of the country's greatest-ever footballers he was lauded for his demeanour on and off the pitch
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Michael Gambon: a master craftsman of stage and screen
Obituary The Harry Potter star was a famous raconteur and prankster off-screen
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Dianne Feinstein, history-making Democratic US senator, dies at 90
The Explainer Her colleagues celebrate her legacy as a trailblazer who cleared the path for other women to follow
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Mohamed Al Fayed: the ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods
feature Foul-mouthed bully or victimised outsider? Fayed accused royal family of murdering Princess Diana and son Dodi
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'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud dies at 25
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Legendary jazz and pop singer Tony Bennett dies at 96
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy dies at 89
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving prime minister, is dead at 86
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Martin Amis: literary wunderkind who ‘blazed like a rocket’
feature Famed author, essayist and screenwriter died this week aged 73
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Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, is dead at 84
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Barry Humphries obituary: cerebral satirist who created Dame Edna Everage
feature Actor and comedian was best known as the monstrous Melbourne housewife and Sir Les Patterson
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