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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: Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten, Adam West, Kailash Puri, Vin Garbutt, Helen Dunmore

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16/06/2017

Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten, Adam West, Kailash Puri, Vin Garbutt, Helen Dunmore

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten, Adam West, Kailash Puri, Vin Garbutt, Helen Dunmore

Matthew Bannister on an arms dealer, a countess, an actor, an agony aunt, a singer.

Matthew Bannister on arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, actor Adam West, agony aunt Kailash Puri, folk singer Vin Garbutt.

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Arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, known for his lavish life style, he acted as a middle man between governments and arms suppliers.

Countess Mountbatten, godmother to Prince Charles, she was badly wounded in the IRA bomb attack which killed her father, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and her son Nicholas. 

Adam West, the actor best known for playing Batman on TV.

Kailash Puri, the Indian born writer who became an agony aunt to thousands of Punjabi readers.

And Vin Garbutt, the folk singer known as "The Teesside Troubadour."

Producer: Neil George.

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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