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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: A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star

A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star

25/01/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star

Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart.

Matthew Bannister on Irish trade unionist Inez McCormack, film director Michael Winner, agony aunt Pauline Phillips (better known as Dear Abby) and cookery writer Katie Stewart.

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The Irish trade unionist and women's rights campaigner Inez McCormick

The film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner,

The agony aunt Pauline Phillips - who under the pen name "Dear Abby" offered advice to millions of Americans

Dr Tingye Li - the electrical engineer who helped to develop the laser - paving the way for modern fibre-optic communication

And the cookery writer Katie Stewart whose column in the Times inspired a generation.

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