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Obituary: Eric Murray, footballer

Eric McIntyre Murray – former footballer. Born: Symington, Ayrshire: 12 December, 1941 .Died: Symington, Ayrshire: 07 November, 2016, aged 74

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Picture released by Brazil's presidential press office of Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana, on February 24, 2010. More than 50 Cuban political prisoners asked Lula da Silva to intercede on their behalf before President Raul Castro, who voiced regret Wednesday at the death of leading dissidentOrlando Zapata Tamayo on a prison hunger strike, and denied the rights activist had been tortured. AFP PHOTO/RICARDO STUCKERT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read RICARDO STUCKERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Obituary: Fidel Castro, revolutionary leader

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, Cuban revolutionary leader. Born: 13 August 1926 in Birán, Cuba. Died: 25 November 2016 in Havana.    

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Obituary: Alexander Fear, mariner and war hero

Alexander Fear, DSC, mariner: Born, 16 July, 1919, in Bristol. Died, 28 October, in Bristol, aged 97

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Obituary: David Mancuso, influential party host and DJ

David Mancuso, nightclub pioneer. Born: 20 October 1944 in New York City. Died: 14 November 2016, aged 72

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Obituary for John B H Reed

Obituary: John Reed, vet

John Brian Howard Reed BVM&S MRCVS. Born: 2 May 1947 in Altrincham. Died: 
6 November 2016 in Melrose, aged 69

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Obituary: Colonel Reggie Kettles, OBE MC, from Anne Keleny

Obituary: Col Reggie Kettles OBE MC

Alexander Reginald Kettles, OBE MC : soldier. Born, 28 April 1919, in Glasgow. Died, 30 October 2016, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, aged 97.

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Constantine Stephanopoulos has died at the age of 90. Picture: AP/Rick Rycroft

Obituary: Constantine Stephanopoulos, conservative politician served two terms as Greek president

Constantine Stephanopoulos, twice president of Greece. Born: 15 August, 1926 in Patras, Greece. Died: November 20, 2016 in Athens, Greece, aged 90.

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Sharon Jones has died at the age of 60. Picture:Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP

Obituary: Sharon Jones, prison guard found fame as gritty soul singer with the Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer. Born: 4 May, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia. Died: 18 November, 2016 in New York, aged 60.

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Film producer Simon Relph. Picture: BAFTA/Rex/Shutterstock

Obituary: Simon Relph, influential British film industry executive and producer

Simon Relph, film producer. Born: 13 April, 1940, in London. Died: 30 October 2016, aged 76.

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Ruth Gruber with the actress who played her, Natasha Richardson. Picture: AP/Damian Dovarganes

Obituary: Ruth Gruber, photojournalist who documented plight of Jews

Ruth Gruber, photojournalist. Born: 30 September 1911 in Brooklyn, New York. Died 17 November, 2016, in New York, aged 105

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Obituary: Duncan McDiarmid, piper and farmer

Duncan McDiarmid, piper and farmer. Born: 18 November 1931 in Rannoch. Died: 9 September 2016 in Weem, aged 84


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Heinz Kurt Voigt Soldier, POW and financial director Born: 11 August, 1925 in Saxony, Germany Died: 4 November, Bonar Bridge, aged 91

Obituary: Heinz Voigt, financial director

Heinz Kurt Voigt, Soldier, POW and financial director. Born: 11 August 1925 in Saxony, Germany. Died: 4 November, in Bonar Bridge, aged 91

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Obituary: Bruce Sandison, angler

Bruce Sandison, angler, author and campaigner. Born: Edinburgh, 26 September 1938. Died: Tongue, Sutherland, 30 October 2016, aged 78


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Professor Donald Mackay Chairman of Scottish Enterprise

Professor Sir Donald Mackay

Economics has laboured under the reputation of being “the dismal science”. One word that could never be used about Sir Donald Mackay is “dismal”.

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Yaffa Eliach. Picture: AP

Obituary: Yaffa Eliach, historian who dedicated herself to study of Holocaust and its victims

Yaffa Eliach, historian of the Holocaust. Born: 31 May, 1937 in Eišiškės, Lithuania. Died: 8 November 2016, in New York, aged 79.

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Obituary: Professor Peter Brand, academic

Obituary: Professor Peter Brand, academic

Peter Brand, academic. Born: 
7 February 1923 in Cambridge. Died: 4 November 2016 in Edinburgh, aged 93

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Jazz saxaphonist Bobby Wellins

Obituary: Bobby Wellins, saxophonist who played alongside some of the greats of British jazz

Scottish jazz saxophonist who played on Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood. Born: Glasgow, 24 January, 1936. Died: 27 October, 2016, aged 80.

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William McKelvey, former Labour MP, has died at the age of 82. Picture: Robert Perry

Obituary: William McKelvey, Labour MP and trade unionist

William McKelvey, politician and trade unionist. Born: 8 July 1934, Dundee. Died: 19 October 2016, Kilmarnock, aged 82.

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Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. Picture: Robb D. Cohen/RobbsPhotos/Invision/AP

Obituary: Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter who blended spirituality and sexuality

Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter. Born: 21 September, 1934, in Westmount, Canada. Died: 10 November, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, aged 82.

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Stewart Sanderson, folklorist and linguist.

Obituary: Stewart Forson Sanderson, pioneer in studies and recording of folk culture and dialect

Stewart Sanderson, folklorist and linguist. Born 23 November 1924 in Blantyre, Nyasaland. Died 14 October 2016 in Yetholm, aged 91.

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