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Matthew Bannister

Laura Northedge

David Montgomery

Last Word: A British composer, a Northern Irish MP, a Romanian architect, a German mayor and a British supercentenarian

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15/11/2013

A British composer, a Northern Irish MP, a Romanian architect, a German mayor and a British supercentenarian

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A British composer, a Northern Irish MP, a Romanian architect, a German mayor and a British supercentenarian

Sir John Tavener, Manfred Rommel, Anca Petrescu, Eddie McGrady and Grace Jones.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers composer Sir John Tavener, SDLP MP Eddie McGrady, Romanian architect Anca Petrescu and German mayor Manfred Rommel.

Matthew Bannister on the prolific composer Sir John Tavener, who wrote a seven hour epic called The Veil, and music performed at Princess Diana's funeral.

Eddie McGrady - the respected SDLP MP for South Down in Northern Ireland who worked tirelessly for peace and helped to negotiate the Good Friday agreement.

Anca Petrescu - the architect who built an enormous palace for the Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceaucescu - it's the world's second largest building.

And Manfred Rommel, son of the German General Erwin Rommel and Mayor of Stuttgart for many years. We have a tribute from Viscount Montgomery who became his friend.

Plus Grace Jones, who has died aged 113 years old.

Producer: Laura Northedge.

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