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Last Word: Maya Angelou, Malcolm Glazer, Tessa Watts, General Jaruzelski, Herb Jeffries

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30/05/2014

Maya Angelou, Malcolm Glazer, Tessa Watts, General Jaruzelski, Herb Jeffries

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Maya Angelou, Malcolm Glazer, Tessa Watts, General Jaruzelski, Herb Jeffries

Matthew Bannister on a writer, a businessman, a music video producer and a Polish leader.

Matthew Bannister on writer and activist Maya Angelou, businessman Malcolm Glazer, music video producer Tessa Watts, Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski and singer Herb Jeffries.

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the writer, actress and activist Maya Angelou who rose above a childhood of abuse and oppression to become one of America's leading literary figures.

Malcolm Glazer, the American businessman who controversially took over Manchester United.

Tessa Watts, the music business executive who produced many leading pop videos. Boy George pays tribute.

General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Polish Prime Minister who imposed martial law in 1981, but subsequently presided over the end of Communist rule in the country.

And the singer and actor Herb Jeffries who appeared in movies as an African American but later claimed he was white.

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