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Last Word: Betty Ford, the Earl of Harewood, Betty Callaway and Josef Suk

15/07/2011

Betty Ford, the Earl of Harewood, Betty Callaway and Josef Suk

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Betty Ford, the Earl of Harewood, Betty Callaway and Josef Suk

Matthew Bannister on Betty Ford, the Earl of Harewood, Betty Callaway and Josef Suk.

Matthew Bannister on former First Lady Betty Ford, opera buff and Leeds United fan the Earl of Harewood, Torvill and Dean's trainer Betty Callaway and violinist Josef Suk.

Matthew Bannister on:

The former American First Lady Betty Ford, noted for her outspoken views and for her battles with drug and drink addictions

The Earl of Harewood, cousin to the Queen, opera buff, free-speech-campaigner-turned-film-censor and lifelong Leeds United fan

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt the French Egyptologist who led the challenging project to move vast Nubian temples, stone by stone, to avoid the waters of the Aswan Dam

Betty Callaway - the ice dance coach who helped Torvill and Dean to a series of World Championships and Olympic Gold. Christopher Dean and Michael Crawford pay tribute

Itamar Franco, the Brazilian President who brought his country's rampant inflation under control and was photographed alongside a scantily clad model

And Josef Suk - the leading violin soloist who was Dvorak's great grandson.

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