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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: Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling

Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling, Al Jarreau, Sara Coward

17/02/2017

Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling

Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer.

Matthew Bannister on campaigner Betty Tebbs, physicist Sir Peter Mansfield, chairwoman Dame Jennifer Jenkins, statistician Hans Rosling and singer Al Jarreau.

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Betty Tebbs who devoted her life to fighting for women's rights and nuclear disarmament.

Sir Peter Mansfield, the Nobel Prize winning physicist who led the development of MRI scanning.

Dame Jennifer Jenkins, chairwoman of the Consumers Association and the National Trust.

Hans Rosling the statistician known for his skill as a communicator who worked to end poverty.

Al Jarreau the versatile singer who won Grammy awards for jazz, pop and R&B.

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