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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Last Word: 17/12/2010

17/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 17/12/2010

Matthew Bannister on Richard Holbrooke, Blake Edwards, Bella Akhmadulina, Elaine Kaufman.

Matthew Bannister on US diplomat Richard Holbrooke, film director Blake Edwards, Russian poet Bella Akhmadulina and New York restaurateur Elaine Kaufman.

On Last Word this week:

Richard Holbrooke - the bulldozer of US diplomacy who negotiated an end to the war in Bosnia.

The film director Blake Edwards who brought us Peter Sellers in "The Pink Panther", Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Dudley Moore in "10".

The Russian poet Bella Akhmadulina, a superstar whose fans flocked to football stadia to hear her read

And the doyen of New York restaurateurs - Elaine Kaufman - whose eponymous eatery played host to the rich and famous.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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