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The Nobel prize winning author Günter Grass who challenged Germans to confront their uncomfortable past.

The anthropologist Sheila Kitzinger who fought against the medicalisation of child birth.

Andrew Porter, the distinguished music critic of the Financial Times and then the New Yorker.

Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, the colourful champion poker player: Victoria Coren pays tribute.

And Percy Sledge, best known for his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman". Show less