Obituaries

Elizabeth Garrett, teacher and producer/director. Born: 14 September 1930 in Aberdeen. Died: 3 November, 2019 in Aberdeen, aged 89

Mel Edwards, distance runner. Born: 2 December 1942. Died: 8 November 2019

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE, cricketer. Born: 30 May 1949 in Sunderland. Died: 4 December 2019, aged 70.

Jim Boyle, Chief Executive, Bridges Project. Born: 14 November 1959 in London. Died: 7 November 2019 in Edinburgh, aged 59.

Martin Harvey, footballer and coach. Born: 19 September, 1941, in Belfast. Died: 25 November, 2019, in Plymouth, aged 78.

Sir Jonathan Miller, the polymath British stage director, filmmaker and comedian who ­co-created groundbreaking comedy revue Beyond the Fringe, has died at the age of 85.

Clive James AO CBE FRSL, writer, poet and broadcaster. Born: 7 October 1939 in Kogarah, Australia. Died: 24 November 2019, Cambridge, aged 80

Mary Stewart, teacher. Born: 
15 May, 1926. Died: 4 November, 2019.

Alan Tait Rees MBE, champion of accessible transport and children’s play. Born: 4 August, 1931 in Shanghai, China. Died: 24 October, 2019 in Edinburgh, aged 88

Bobby Quinn, athlete. Born 13 May 1929 in Detroit, USA. Died: 28 October 2019, aged 90

Iain G Morrison Cleator MBChB, FRCS, surgeon. Born: 18 October 1939 in Edinburgh. Died 16 November 2019 in Vancouver, Canada, aged 80

Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered skiers wondering where all the kids in the baggy pants were coming from, you knew the name ‘Burton.’

Robert Noel Ponsonby, arts administrator. Born: 19 December 1926. Died: 3 November 2019. aged 92

Chris Moncrieff, journalist. Born: 9 September 1931 in Derby. Died: 22 November 2019, aged 88

Archie Scott, cricketer. Born: 26 January 1918. Died: 1 November 2019, aged 101.

Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. Born: 
8 January 1943 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Died: 18 November 2019, aged 76.

Hugh Waddell, Rugby League internationalist. Born: 13 November 1958 in Irvine. Died: 1 November, 2019 in Carlisle, aged 60

Terence Patrick O’Neill CBE, photographer. Born: 30 July 1938 in London. Died: 16 November 2019 in London, aged 81

William James Barr OBE FICE, businessman, philanthropist and sports club owner. Born: 
12 March 1939 in Ayr. Died: 
8 November 2019 in Maybole, South Ayrshire, aged 80