Obituaries

Jose Angel Napoles, boxer. Born: 13 April 1940 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Died 16 August 2019 in Mexico City, aged 79

Ric Ocasek, singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Born: 23 March 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Died: 15 September 2019 in New York, US.

Phyllis Newman, actress and singer. Born: 19 March 1933 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Died: 15 September 2019 in New York, US.

Terrance Dicks, writer. Born: 14 April 1935 in London. Died: 29 August 2019 in London, aged 84.

Brian Barnes, golfer. Born: 
3 June 1945. Died: 9 September 2019, aged 74

Margaret Wallace Thomson OBE, Chief Nursing Officer. Born: 8 June 1927 in Edinburgh. Died: 23 August 2019 in Edinburgh, aged 92

Chester Williams, rugby player. Born: 8 August 1970 in Paarl, South Africa. Died: 
6 September 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa

June Margaret Dorothy Morrison MBE, Insolvency manager and Conservative activist. Born 5 October 1940 in Aberdeen. Died 19 August, 2019 in Aberdeen, aged 78

The Scotsman spent a day with Barnes back in 2011. He spoke about Nicklaus, painkillers, and teething on milk and whisky:

David Cairns Fulton MC WS, soldier and lawyer: Born 3 October 1922 in Edinburgh. Died: 18 July 2019 in Edinburgh, aged 96.

Norman Rough, bodybuilder and architect. Born: 14 June 1937. Died: 16 August 2019, aged 82

The 10th Duke of Roxburghe, Guy Innes-Ker, has died at the age of 64 after losing a long fight against cancer.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, politician. Born: 21 February 1924 in Kutama, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). Died: 6 September 2019, aged 95

Helen Russell, nurse. Born 16 November 1937, in Troon, Ayrshire. Died: 26 August 2019, in Borders General Hospital, aged 81.

Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe, businessman, racehorse breeder and conservationist. Born: 18 November 1954. Died: 29 August 2019, aged 64

Sheila Steafel, actress. Born: 26 May 1935 in Johannesburg. Died: 23 August 2019 in London, aged 84.

The Borders nursing community has lost one of its leading lights following the death of Helen Russell. She was 81.

Gopi Menon, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, FBAPM (Hon), consultant paediatrician specialising in intensive care of the newborn. Born: 22 January 1955 in Kerala, South India. Died: 21 August 2019 in Edinburgh, aged 64.