Last Word

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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: Anne Dagg, Ross Anderson, Cecil Murray, Kris Hallenga

Anne Dagg, Ross Anderson, Cecil Murray, Kris Hallenga

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Anne Dagg, Ross Anderson, Cecil Murray, Kris Hallenga

Matthew Bannister on a biologist, a computer scientist, a pastor and a campaigner.

Matthew Bannister on biologist Anne Dagg, computer scientist Ross Anderson, Pastor Cecil Murray and campaigner Kris Hallenga.

Matthew Bannister on Anne Dagg, the Canadian biologist known as The Woman Who Loves Giraffes for her lifelong study of the animals.

Professor Ross Anderson, the computer scientist who was a leading expert on data protection and online security.

Reverend Cecil Murray, the pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles who played a pivotal role during the riots of 1992.

Kris Hellenga, who was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 23 and set up the charity Coppafeel to encourage other young women to check their breasts.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
Archive of Anne Dagg, The Woman who loves Giraffes, Pursuing Giraffe Adventures Inc, 2018; Newsnight, BBC Two, 01/07/1992; Newsnight, BBC Two, 11/02/2010; Ross Anderson Interviewed by Elisabetta Mori, Archives of IT, YouTube Upload, 20/03/2024; Digitalize in Stockholm ’22, DigitalFuturesHub, YouTube Upload, 28/10/22; USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, YouTube Upload 22/02/2021; BBC Radio Cornwall, 12/10/2021;

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