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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: 01/06/2012

01/06/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 01/06/2012

Matthew Bannister on Leopold De Rothschild, Donald Dunn, Elisabeth Tomalin, Colin McIntyre

Matthew Bannister on banker and music lover Leopold De Rothschild, bass guitarist Donald Dunn, designer Elisabeth Tomalin, Ceefax editor Colin McIntyre, clarinettist Alan Hacker.

Matthew Bannister on

Leopold De Rothschild the banker who raised millions for musical charities and ran a railway in his garden

Donald "Duck" Dunn - the bass player behind scores of soul hits from the sixties

Elisabeth Tomalin the designer who used art therapy to help the children of Nazis come to terms with their guilt.

Colin McIntyre - the founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service.

and the clarinettist Alan Hacker who played a key role in the performance of new music.

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