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Last Word: Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Jim Riordan, Whitney Houston

17/02/2012

Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Jim Riordan, Whitney Houston

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Jim Riordan, Whitney Houston

Matthew Bannister on Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Whitney Houston.

Matthew Bannister on civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due; royal reporter James Whitaker; racehorse trainer Josh Gifford; and communist, writer and footballer Jim Riordan.

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the American civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due who went to prison after entering a "whites only" lunch counter in Florida.

The tabloid royal correspondent James Whitaker, who broke the news of Princess Diana's eating disorder

The racehorse trainer Josh Gifford who stood by jockey Bob Champion when he contracted cancer and gave him his fairy tale Grand National win on Aldaniti

The Communist party member and writer Jim Riordan who was once called up to play football for Spartak Moscow 

And Whitney Houston in her own words and music.

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