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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: Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole

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08/01/2016

Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole

Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

Matthew Bannister on impresario Robert Stigwood, dietician Patricia Torrens, composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, Coal Board chairman Lord Ezra, singer Natalie Cole

Matthew Bannister on

Robert Stigwood, the impresario who managed Eric Clapton and The Bee Gees, produced Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and the movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease. 

Patricia Torrens the first adviser on diet to the Department of Health. 

Pierre Boulez, the avant garde French composer and conductor who pioneered serialism and the use of electronics.

Lord Ezra who was chairman of the National Coal Board in the 1970s.

And Natalie Cole, the acclaimed singer who battled drug addiction and sang a posthumous duet with her father Nat King Cole.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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