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Last Word: Jeremy Thorpe, Ian McLagan, Viktor Tikhonov, Trevor Pharo and Sabah

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05/12/2014

Jeremy Thorpe, Ian McLagan, Viktor Tikhonov, Trevor Pharo and Sabah

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jeremy Thorpe, Ian McLagan, Viktor Tikhonov, Trevor Pharo and Sabah

Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, an ice hockey coach, a clown, and a singer.

Matthew Bannister on former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe, Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan, Soviet ice hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov, clown Trevor Pharo and Lebanese singer Sabah.

Matthew Bannister on

Jeremy Thorpe who was a charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, but fell from grace after facing trial on charges of conspiring to murder a former male model who claimed to have had a sexual relationship with him. Although he was acquitted, Jeremy Thorpe's political career was over.

Also Ian McLagan, the keyboard player with the Small Faces and the Faces. Billy Bragg pays tribute.

Viktor Tikhonov the ruthless coach of the Soviet Ice Hockey Team,

Trevor Pharo - the South Coast sales executive otherwise known as Bingo the Clown,

And the celebrated Lebanese singer Sabah.

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