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Obituaries
Obituary: Alan Bertram MBE, athletics coach and former policeman
Born: 10 July, 1936, in Northumberland. Died: 18 May, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 76
Obituary: Mick McManus, wrestler and entertainer
Born: 11 January, 1920, in London. Died: 22 May, 2013, in Twickenham, aged 93
Obituary: Eddie Braben, comedy writer behind some of Morecambe and Wise’s most delightful sketches
Born: 31 October, 1930, in Liverpool. Died: 21 May, 2013, in Wales, aged 82
Obituary: Campbell Armstrong, Scottish writer who novelised Raiders of the Lost Ark and created detective Lou Perlman
Born: 25 February, 1944, in Glasgow. Died: 1 March 2013, in Dublin, aged 69
Obituary: Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, Member of the European Parliament and chief of the clan Mackay
Born: 19 July, 1937, in Edinburgh. Died:10 May, 2103, in London, aged 75
Obituary: The Hon James Bruce, CBE, JP, farmer and founding chairman of Scottish Woodlands
Born: August 1927, in Fife. Died: 22 April, 2013, in Perthshire, aged 85
Obituary: Paul Shane, actor
Born: 19 June, 1940, in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Died: 16 May, 2013, in Rotherham, aged 72
Obituary: Professor James Muir, aquaculture expert and international development adviser
Born: 7 March, 1951, in Lincolnshire. Died: 1 May, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 62
Obituary: Ronnie Armstrong, head teacher, curriculum consultant and author
Born: 15 June, 1940, in Dumbarton Died: 23 April, 2013, in Alexandria aged 72
Obituary: Alistair Campsie, journalist, author, hotelier and piper
Born: 27 January, 1929, in Inverness. Died: 21 April, 2013, in Stonehaven, aged 84
Obituary: Arnold Peters, actor
Born: 1925, in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. Died: 11 May, 2013, in Northamptonshire, aged 87.
Obituary: Margaret Gardener, caterer and homemaker
Born: 25 May, 1927, in Edinburgh. Died: 8 April, 2013, in Topeka, Kansas, United States, aged 85.
Obituary: David Maitland CVO, managing director of Save & Prosper
Born: 9 May, 1922, in Australia. Died: 18 April, 2013, in Hampshire, aged 90
Obituary: Ian Berry, MBE, JP
Born: 14 April 1933 in Portobello. Died: 5 May 2013 in Edinburgh, aged 80.
Obituary: Ray Harryhausen, animator, film writer and producer
Born: 29 June, 1920, in Los Angeles. Died: 7 May, 2013, in London, aged 92
Obituary: Reginald Hollinshead, racehorse trainer
Born: 3 January, 1924, in Upper Longdon, Staffordshire. Died: 6 May, 2013, in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 89
Obituary: Ernie Winchester, footballer with Aberdeen, Hearts and Arbroath
Born: 18 May, 1944, in Aberdeen. Died: 8 May, 2013, in Watford, aged 68
Obituary: Bryan Forbes, CBE, film director, producer, writer and actor
Born: 22 July, 1926, in London. Died: 8 May, 2013, in Virginia Water, Surrey, aged 86
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Obituary: Nicholas Baxter, social entrepreneur
Born: 9 November, 1947. Died: 28 April, 2013, in Aberdeen, aged 65.
Obituary: Professor David Sinclair, educator and anatomist
Born: 28 August, 1915, in Forfar. Died: 30 April, 2013, in Aberdeen, aged 97
Obituary: Henry McIntosh “Jock” Dempster, chairman of the Scottish Russian Convoy Club, merchant seaman, RAF intelligence officer
Born: 20 April, 1928, in Montrose. Died: 5 May, 2013, Edinburgh, aged 85
Obituary: Jo Pitt, equestrian
Born: 22 February, 1979, in Aberdeenshire. Died: 2 May, 2013, in Norfolk, aged 34
Obituary: Eck Ross, farmer
Born: 5 July, 1927, in Blairydrine, Kincardineshire. Died: 7 April, 2013, in Blairydrine, Kincardineshire, aged 85
Obituary: Nicholas Baxter, social entrepreneur
Born: 9 November, 1947, in York. Died: 28, April, 2013, at Roxburghe House, Aberdeen, aged 65.
Obituary: Kenneth Dunbar WS, solicitor and Master of the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh
Born: 19 May, 1947, in Greenock. Died: 11 April, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 65
Obituary: William Brewitt Young, Scotland’s oldest rugby internationalist
Born: 7 May 1916 in Ardrossan. Died: 25 April, 2013, in Sevenoaks, Kent, aged 96.
1 commentObituary: Sandor Racz, activist and leading figure during Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet Revolution
Born: 17 March, 1933, near the city of Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary. Died: 30 April, 2013, in Budapest, aged 80.
Obituary: Thomas Hemsley CBE, baritone
Born: 12 April, 1927, in Leicestershire. Died: 11 April, 2013, in London, aged 85
Obituary: Patrick Garland, theatre and television director
Born: 10 April, 1935, in London. Died: 20 April, 2013, in Sussex, aged 78.
Obituary: Lt-Gen Sir Steuart Pringle of Stichill, Commandant-General of the Royal Marines
Born: 21 July, 1928, in Dover. Died: 18 April, 2013, in London, aged 84.
Obituary: Archimandrite John Maitland Moir, priest.
Born: 18 June, 1924, in Currie. Died: 17 April, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 88
Obituary: Brian Adam MSP, politician and biochemist
Born: 10 June, 1948, in Newmill, Banffshire. Died: 25 April, 2013, in Aberdeen, aged 64
Obituary: Richard John Pankhurst Phd, botanist and taxonomist
Born: June 8, 1940. Died: 26 March, 2013, aged 72
Obituary: Joan Bridge Baez, anti-war activist.
Born: 11 April, 1913, in Edinburgh. Died: 20 April, 2013, in Woodside, California, aged 100
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