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Last Word: Prof Stuart Hall, Jean Babilée, Tony Crook, Shirley Temple Black

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14/02/2014

Prof Stuart Hall, Jean Babilée, Tony Crook, Shirley Temple Black

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Prof Stuart Hall, Jean Babilée, Tony Crook, Shirley Temple Black

Matthew Bannister remembers a sociologist, a dancer, a car maker and a child star.

Obituaries. Matthew Bannister on sociologist Professor Stuart Hall, ballet dancer Jean Babilée, Bristol car maker Tony Crook and child star turned diplomat Shirley Temple Black.

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The influential sociologist Professor Stuart Hall. He was a pioneer of the discipline of cultural studies and coined the term "Thatcherism" in 1979.

The French ballet dancer Jean Babilée, one of the greatest of his generation. Leslie Caron - who danced with him - pays tribute and admits she fell in love with him.

Tony Crook, the racing driver who went on to run the Bristol Car company. Stirling Moss recalls his old adversary.

And Shirley Temple Black - the child star who became a diplomat.


Producer Simon Tillotson.

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