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Last Word: Norman St John-Stevas, Lynn D Compton, Leonard Rosoman, Robert Sherman

Norman St John-Stevas, Lynn D Compton, Leonard Rosoman, Robert Sherman

09/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Norman St John-Stevas, Lynn D Compton, Leonard Rosoman, Robert Sherman

John Wilson on Norman St John Stevas, Buck Compton, Leonard Rosoman and Robert Sherman.

John Wilson on the politician Norman St John Stevas, D-Day hero Buck Compton, war artist Leonard Rosoman and Disney film songwriter Robert Sherman.

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Politician, academic and dandy Norman St John Stevas, remembered by Michael Heseltine and Andrew Neil.

D-Day hero Buck Compton - member of the Band Of Brothers company who later led the prosecution of Bobby Kennedy's killer Sirhan Sirhan.

Leonard Rosoman, the war artist who documented the London blitz and taught David Hockney at art school.

And Disney film songwriter Robert Sherman, who helped create the soundtrack to childhood.

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