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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: Andy Williams, Charlie Richardson, Gertrude Hughes, Herbert Lom and Eva Figes

28/09/2012

Andy Williams, Charlie Richardson, Gertrude Hughes, Herbert Lom and Eva Figes

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Andy Williams, Charlie Richardson, Gertrude Hughes, Herbert Lom and Eva Figes

Matthew Bannister on Andy Williams, Charlie Richardson, Gertrude Hughes and Herbert Lom.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on singer Andy Williams, gangster Charlie Richardson, missionary Gertrude Hughes, actor Herbert Lom and feminist writer Eva Figes.

Matthew Bannister on

Andy Williams - the crooner who sold millions of records. His friend Sir Michael Parkinson pays tribute.

East End gangster Charlie Richardson who was convicted in the so-called "torture trial" and ended up on the same prison landing as his great rivals the Kray twins.

Gertrude Hughes, the Methodist missionary who set up a polio hospital in China and an orphanage in India,

The actor Herbert Lom, best known as Inspector Clouseau's increasingly lunatic boss in the Pink Panther films

And the feminist writer and novelist Eva Figes.

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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