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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: Ray Bradbury, Bob Edwards, Astrid Aghajanian and Herb Reed

08/06/2012

Ray Bradbury, Bob Edwards, Astrid Aghajanian and Herb Reed

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Ray Bradbury, Bob Edwards, Astrid Aghajanian and Herb Reed

Matthew Bannister on Ray Bradbury, Bob Edwards, Astrid Aghajanian and Herb Reed.

Matthew Bannister on writer Ray Bradbury, newspaper editor Bob Edwards, Armenian massacre survivor Astrid Aghajanian and Platters vocalist Herb Reed.

Matthew Bannister on 

Ray Bradbury - the author of Fahrenheit 451 and countless short stories - who said libraries were his university.

Fleet Street Editor Bob Edwards, who tangled with Lord Beaverbrook at the Express and Robert Maxwell at the Mirror

Astrid Aghajanian - who survived the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire only to be sold into slavery by a bedouin

And Herb Reed - the bass singer who co-founded the 1950s vocal group The Platters.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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