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Aasmah Mir

Neil George

Last Word: A writer, a lawyer, a motor racing team owner, an actress and an entrepreneur

A writer, a lawyer, a motor racing team owner, an actress and an entrepreneur

23/08/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A writer, a lawyer, a motor racing team owner, an actress and an entrepreneur

Aasmah Mir on Elmore Leonard, Rosalia Mera, Jacques Verges and John Coombs.

Aasmah Mir recalls crime writer Elmore Leonard, Zara co-founder Rosalia Mera, international lawyer Jacques Verges, motor-racing engineer John Coombs and actor Margaret Pellegrini.

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Crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose pulp fiction inspired films like Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Jackie Brown.

Rosalia Mera, co-founder of the Zara clothing chain and the richest self-made woman in the world.

Controversial French lawyer Jacques Vergès, who famously defended Carlos the Jackal and Klaus Barbie.

John Coombs - the last of the gentlemen racecar owners and the man who nurtured future champions like Sir Jackie Stewart.

And actor Margaret Pellegrini who played a Munchkin in Wizard Of Oz.

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