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

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Julian Worricker

Maire Devine

Last Word: Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy

Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy

01/01/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy

Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician.

Julian Worricker on recording engineer Eric Tomlinson, campaigner Elsie Tu, author Peter Dickinson, businesswoman Lillian Vernon, musician and Motorhead frontman Lemmy.

Recording engineer, Eric Tomlinson, who worked on the score for Star Wars and added music to Charlie Chaplin's silent films.

Elsie Tu, social campaigner, legislator and educationalist in Hong Kong.

Author, Peter Dickinson, who twice received the prestigious Carnegie medal for his work.

Entrepreneur, Lillian Vernon, whose catalogue business was the first company owned by a woman to be listed on the US Stock Exchange.

Motorhead frontman, Lemmy, who's credited with introducing punk sounds into heavy metal.

Producer: Maire Devine

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