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Last Word: Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans

Gene Wilder, Sonia Rykiel, Joao Havelange, Toots Thielemans

02/09/2016

Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans

Matthew Bannister on a FIFA president, a fashion designer, an actor, a jazz musician.

Matthew Bannister on FIFA President Joao Havelange, fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, actor Gene Wilder, jazz musician Toots Thielemans.

Matthew Bannister on 

João Havelange, the President of the international football federation, FIFA, who stepped down amid allegations of corruption.

The French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel who broke the conventions of haute couture to produce wearable clothes for women on the go. 

Gene Wilder, the comedy film actor best known for his roles as Willy Wonka in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and in Mel Brooks films like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

And Toots Thielemans, the jazz musician who played the harmonica and made his name by whistling along to his own guitar.

Producer: Neil George.

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