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Last Word: Neil Armstrong, Meles Zenawi, Carlo Curley and Phyllis Diller

31/08/2012

Neil Armstrong, Meles Zenawi, Carlo Curley and Phyllis Diller

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Neil Armstrong, Meles Zenawi, Carlo Curley and Phyllis Diller

Matthew Bannister remembers Neil Armstrong, Carlo Curley, Meles Zenawi and Phyllis Diller.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers astronaut Neil Armstrong, organist Carlo Curley, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and comedian Phyllis Diller.

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The first man to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong. We hear the story of that historic voyage plus his classmates at school, his fellow Korean war pilot and the Professor who taught alongside him after he left NASA.

Also: the flamboyant Carlo Curley who made it his mission to bring organ music to the widest possible audience.

Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, once a darling of the West, he lost international support after his violent crackdown on the opposition

And Phyllis Diller, said to be America's first female stand up comedian.

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