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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: Michael Bukht, Hugh Carey, John Hoyland, Nancy Wake and Joe Arroyo

12/08/2011

Michael Bukht, Hugh Carey, John Hoyland, Nancy Wake and Joe Arroyo

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Michael Bukht, Hugh Carey, John Hoyland, Nancy Wake and Joe Arroyo

Matthew Bannister on Michael Bukht, Hugh Carey, John Hoyland, Nancy Wake and Joe Arroyo.

Matthew Bannister on Classic FM programme controller and crafty cook Michael Bukht, New York Governor Hugh Carey, abstract painter John Hoyland and salsa singer Joe Arroyo.

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The founding programme controller of Classic FM Michael Bukht, who had another career as TV's crafty cook Michael Barry.

The Governor of New York, Hugh Carey, credited with saving the state and city from bankruptcy in the 1970s.

The abstract painter John Hoyland. We visit his studio and hear a tribute from his friend the sculptor Sir Anthony Caro.

Nancy Wake - who risked her life during the war working behind enemy lines as a member of the Special Operations Executive.

And the Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, who achieved international success despite his addiction to drugs.

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