Obituaries

John Furlong, Scottish hotelier. Born: 17 May, 1936 in Glasgow. Died: 17 October, 2019, aged 83

Albert Tevoedjre, political scientist and politician. Born: 10 November 1929 in Porto-Novo, Benin. Died: 6 November 2019 in Porto-Novo, aged 89.

Gabriel Mary ‘Gay’ Byrne, broadcaster. Born: 5 August 1934 in Rialto, Dublin, Ireland. Died: 4 November 2019 in Dublin.

Elizabeth Reid, artist. Born: 4 March 1940 in Edinburgh. Died: 19 July 2019 at La Marne, Barlieu, France, aged 79.

John Fleming, SFA Head of Referee Operations. Born: 20 September 1957 in Glasgow. Died: 22 October 2019 in Glasgow, aged 62

Leah Bracknell, actress. Born: 12 July 1964, in London. Died: September, 2019, aged 55.

Robert Evans, actor and producer. Born: 29 June, 1930 in New York, New York, United States. Died: 26 October, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California, United States, aged 89

John Conyers, politician. Born: 16 May 1929 in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. Died: 27 October 2019, Detroit, Michigan, aged 90.

Jack Burnett, travel agency owner. Born: 15 October, 1938 in Dundee. Died: 8 October, 2019 in Aberdeen, aged 80

Freddie Jardine, footballer. Born: 27 September, 1941. Died: 7 October 2019

Kathryn ­Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led to a string of legendary scoops, has died at the age of 93.

Andrew Cowan, rally driver. Born: 13 December, 1936. Died: 15 October, 2019 aged 83

Rognvald (Rog) Sinclair Wood, farmer and agricultural writer. Born 9 December 1952 in Dumfries. Died: 8 October 2019 in Dumfries, aged 66.

Charles Alexander Jencks, cultural theorist, landscape designer, architectural historian, founder of Maggie’s. Born 21 June, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland. Died 13 October, 2019 in London, aged 80.

Anna Quayle, actress. Born: 
6 October, 1932 in Birmingham. Died: 16 August, 2019, aged 86.

George ‘Scotty’ Bowers, Holywood fixer. Born: 1 July 1923 in Ottawa, Illinois, United States. Died: 13 October 2019, in Los Angeles, aged 96

Peter Richard Elliott, structural engineer. Born: 20 May 1957 in Edinburgh. Died: 19 September 2019, aged 62.

A Galashiels firefighter and union stalwart has left a literary legacy following his death last month.