Gentlemanly John Hurt dies of pancreatic cancer three days after his 77th birthday
Month: January 2017
Jazz and album cover photographer Chuck Stewart dies at 89
Chuck Stewart loved jazz and photography, taking some of the most iconic album covers of jazz musicians
Spanish rebel Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a master of anatomical drawings
Spanish Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the father of neuroscience, loved to draw
25 January: Burns Night – a celebration of romanticist Robert Burns
Robert Burns was Scotland’s greatest poet and is celebrated with a dinner of haggis
Calls for non-violent leader Bacha Khan to be commemorated in Afghanistan
2018 will mark the anniversary of the death of peace activist Bacha Khan and people are calling for his message on non-violence to be heard
Harry Belafonte releases a new album to celebrate his 90th birthday
Harry Belafonte is still making music at 90
Moonwalker, Eugene Cernan, dies aged 82
The 12th – and last – man to walk on the moon during the 1969-1972 American space mission – has died aged 82
Singapore’s Philip Yeo – Neither Civil Nor Servant
Philip Yeo, of Singapore, is an unconventional public servant with 50 years in public administration
At 91 Peter Brook has had theatre in his blood for 84 years
British theatre and film director explores the themes of spirituality, religious tolerance, and ‘the empty space’
‘Giving while living’ philanthropist Charles Feeney gives away the last of his fortune
Charles Feeney promised in 2011 to give away his fortune by the end of 2016 – and he has fulfilled that promise
Pakistan’s classical singer Ustad Fateh Ali Khan dies aged 82
Bridging the India-Pakistan divide, and generational boundaries, classical singer Ustad Fateh Ali Khan dies aged 82
