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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: Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden

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06/05/2016

Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden

Matthew Bannister on a peace campaigner, an author, a neurologist and a composer.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on peace campaigner Reverend Daniel Berrigan, author Jenny Diski, neurologist Lord Walton and composer Guy Woolfenden.

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The Reverend Daniel Berrigan, the American Catholic priest who devoted his life to campaigning for peace. He was arrested many times for protests against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. 

Jenny Diski who wrote celebrated novels, essays including her travelogue Skating to Antarctica and her latest memoir In Gratitude.

Lord Walton, the eminent neurologist who wrote an influential paper on muscle diseases.

And Guy Woolfenden, long serving musical director at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Sir Trevor Nunn pays tribute.

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