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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Last Word: Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

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09/01/2015

Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

Matthew Bannister on two cartoonists, an actress, a senator and a session guitarist.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on cartoonists Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, actress Luise Rainer, US senator Edward Brooke and session guitarist and producer Chip Young.

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The French cartoonists Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski who were among the twelve people who died when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The German born actress Luise Rainer who won two Oscars, but ended her Hollywood career when she fell out with the movie mogul Louis B Mayer.

Edward Brooke who was the first African American to be elected to the US senate.

And Chip Young, the session guitarist and producer who played on hits for Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton and many more.

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