Obituaries

Jim Brown at an event in 2019 (Picture: Charley Gallay/Getty)

Scotsman Obituaries: Jim Brown, American football star and civil rights activist

Brigadier John M Macfarlane served as Chieftain of the Gaelic Society of Inverness

Obituaries: John M Macfarlane, Army Officer and 1745 Association stalwart

May Storrie had an insatiable work ethic but a great sense of fun (Picture: Kieran Dodds)

Scotsman Obituaries: May Storrie CBE, businesswoman and tireless charity worker

Ranjit Kaur addressing a rally around 1990

Scotsman Obituaries: Ranjit Kaur, activist, magistrate and trade unionist

Andy Rourke at an event in New York City in 2022 (Picture: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Andy Rourke, quiet man bassist of The Smiths

Tina Turner performing on stage at London’s Wembley Stadium in July 2000 (Picture: Michael Stephens/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: Tina Turner, US singer whose career spanned six decades

Jimmy Oliver described himself as a 'paraffin oiler'

Scotsman Obituaries: Jimmy Oliver, the last lighthouse keeper at Kinnaird Head

Claire Lamont's insights into the Romantic period were unmatched

Scotsman Obituaries: Claire Lamont, expert on Scottish author Sir Walter Scott

Martin Amis with his Writer of The Year Award at the 2010 GQ Men of the Year Awards in London (Picture: Ian West/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: Martin Amis, novelist behind such modern classics as Money

Andy Wyper was small in stature but had a fierce fighting spirit (Picture: TSPL)

Scotsman Obituaries: Andy Wyper, boxer called ‘Scotland’s pocket Rocky Marciano’

Eddie Gaines was one of the last surviving D-Day veterans (Picture: Blind Veterans UK/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: Eddie Gaines, war hero who played vital role on D-Day

Hugo Burge restored Marchmont House

Scotsman Obituaries: Hugo Burge, visionary behind restoration of Marchmont House

Peter Brooke helped pave the way for an end to violence in Northern Ireland (Picture: Press Association)

Scotsman Obituaries: Peter Brooke, former Northern Ireland secretary

Linda Lewis, pictured in London in 1976, had a five-octave range (Picture: Getty)

Scotsman Obituaries: Linda Lewis, British artist best known as session singer

Robin Downie planned a career in music before encountering philosophy

Scotsman Obituaries: Robin Downie, Professor of Moral Philosophy

Gordon Lightfoot performs in Indio, California, in 2018. (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter

Walter Blair helped many musicians fulfil potential they never knew they had

Scotsman Obituaries: Walter Blair, Scottish organist, teacher and choirmaster

James Bowman in the title role of Handel's Ottone in 1992

Scotsman Obituaries: James Bowman, acclaimed British countertenor

David Mackay was always looking for the next challenge

Scotsman Obituaries: David Mackay OBE, environmental conservation expert

Muriel Clark didn't enter TV until her fifties but she became an inspiration to thousands

Scotsman Obituaries: Muriel Clark, home economist who became a familiar TV face

Harry Belafonte, pictured in 1969, had Scottish ancestry (Picture: AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Harry Belafonte, US singer, actor and political activist

Malcolm Lochhead with his November 1990 Keeping Glasgow in Stitches banner

Scotsman Obituaries: Malcolm Lochhead, talented Scottish textile artist

Steuart Padwick working on The Child of Hope model in his London studio (Picture: James Rudoni)

Scotsman Obituaries: Steuart Padwick, sculptor and furniture designer

Mark Stewart pictured in his heady heyday

Scotsman Obituaries: Mark Stewart, British musician who influenced a generation

Obituaries: Calbert Phillips, Emeritus professor of ophthalmology

Jimmy joined the family building and roofing firm Barrie and Moncrieff in 1955

Obituaries: Jimmy Moncrieff, master builder and former High Constable

Many in Scotland owe their career success to Peter de Vink’s influence

Obituaries: Peter de Vink, 'Financial Engineer' with keen commercial instinct

Nora Forster with husband John Lydon at a screening of the film Sex Pistols Live From Brixton Academy in 2008

Obituaries: Nora Forster, music promoter and wife of Sex Pistol John Lydon

Dame Edna Everage - aka Barry Humphries - visited the Edinburgh Evening News' offices in 2013 to help 'edit' the paper'

Obituaries: Barry Humphries, comedian famed for Dame Edna Everage alter ego

Kenneth Davidson photographed in 1989 taking a coffee break in the Assynt mountains

Obituaries: Kenneth Davidson, civil engineer, outdoors lover and orienteer

Paul Cattermole on stage as part of S Club 7 in Birmingham in 2000

Obituaries: Paul Cattermole, Brit Award-winning member of S Club 7

Lance Reddick appeared in 58 of The Wire’s 60 episodes, more than any other actor

Obituaries: Lance Reddick, actor who starred in landmark TV drama The Wire

Mary Quant said her designs liberated young women by giving them ‘the ability to run for a bus’

Obituaries: Mary Quant, fashion designer credited with invention of mini-skirt

David Wilson’s love of and enthusiasm for the cricket was lifelong

Obituaries: David Wilson, former president of the Scottish Cricket Union

Jack Forrest signed up for the RAF the day after Britain declared war on Germany

Obituaries: Jack Forrest, Spitfire pilot who shot down V1 flying bomb

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work covered the spectrum from classical to techno

Obituaries: Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer and electronic music pioneer

Chris Shevlane with the Hibs' Player of the Year award he won in 1970.

Obituaries: Chris Shevlane, footballer who played for Hearts and Hibs

Marj Bond, pictured in her studio, amassed a slew of awards, prizes and commissions

Obituaries: Marj Bond, artist whose work is found in collections across world

Lord Kirkhill pictured on his appointment as Minister of State for Scotland in 1975

Obituaries: Lord Kirkhill, civic leader who promoted infrastructure for North Se...

Nigel Lawson photographed on Budget Day in March 1984

Obituaries: Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s ‘unassailable’ Chancellor who quit...

Henry McDonald wrote a series of books on the Troubles

Obituaries: Henry McDonald, celebrated journalist who documented Troubles in No...

Paul O'Grady and friend at Battersea Dogs' Home's Collars and Coats Ball in 2017 (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty)

Obituaries: Paul O'Grady, star who went from drag queen to national treasure

Russell Sharp was a man with a true passion for life (Picture: Julie Bull)

Scotsman Obituaries: Dr Russell Sharp - man who rescued Caledonian brewery

Allan McGraw at Greenock Morton ground Cappielow, where a stand is now named after him (Picture: Donald MacLeod)

Obituaries: Allan McGraw, Scottish footballer who was Britain's top goalscorer

Douglas Hill, Company Secretary of Scotsman Publications in his office in January 1979

Obituaries: Douglas Hill, former company secretary of Scotsman Publications

Robert Blake arrives in London for the premiere of In Cold Blood in 1968 (Picture: J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Obituaries: Robert Blake, actor whose career was overshadowed by murder case

Dr Patricia Thomas in her office in 1990

Scotsman Obituaries: Dr Patricia Thomas, go-ahead Head of James Gillespie’s

Topol, pictured in 2015, was just 30 when he first played Tevye (Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Scotsman Obituaries: Topol, Israeli star of Fiddler on the Roof

Willie Milne parlayed his love of golf into an experiences company

Scotsman Obituaries: Willie Milne, Scottish golfer and businessman

Ainslie Thin joined Thin’s on Edinburgh’s South Bridge in 1958

Obituaries: Ainslie Thin, bookseller who devoted his life to James Thin Ltd

The gentlemanly Duncan Hendry was a major figure in Scotland’s cultural life

Scotsman Obituaries: Duncan Hendry, visionary promoter and theatre executive

Derek Bateman guest at YES Linlithgow

Derek Bateman (1951-2022): Scotland on Sunday's former political editor

Tom Sizemore's career was blighted by personal demons (Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Tom Sizemore, actor best known for tough guy roles

Prof Ronald E Asher was known for his astonishing range of expertise

Scotsman Obituaries: Ronald E Asher, respected Edinburgh University linguist

Away from academia, Alison McCleery loved music, art and French culture

Scotsman Obituaries: Alison McCleery, Scottish expert in development issues

Obituary: Barrett Strong, singer-songwriter behind Motown's first hit

Willie Blair pictured at his retirement in 1998

Scotsman Obituaries: Willie Blair MBE, Scottish livestock auctioneer

Captain Peter Ramsay came from a family of seafarers

Scotsman Obituaries: Captain Peter Ramsay, Scottish merchant seaman

Producer Walter Mirisch arrives at a Hollywood event in 2007 (Picture: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning Hollywood film producer

Sir Bernard Ingham talks to Baroness Thatcher at the 1998 Television and Radio Industry Club Awards in London (Picture: PA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Sir Bernard Ingham, press secretary to Margaret Thatcher

Gilbert Price loved the outdoors, bagging many a Munro

Scotsman Obituaries: Gilbert Price, Scottish teacher with a love of theatre

Lady Boothroyd was fearless in her protection of MPs’ rights (Picture: PA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Baroness Betty Boothroyd, first female Commons Speaker

John Motson, pictured in his trademark sheepskin coat, provided the soundtrack to some of football's most memorable moments

Obituaries: John Motson, legendary football commentator

Juliet Boobbyer turned down a place at Oxford to join the MRA movement

Obituaries: Juliet Boobbyer, artist, writer and peace campaigner

Diarmaid Douglas-Hamilton remained a proud Scot

Obituaries: Diarmaid Hugh Douglas-Hamilton, physicist, pilot and mountaineer

Raquel Welch pictured in London in 1965 in front of a poster promoting One Million Years BC

Obituaries: Raquel Welch, iconic Hollywood actress and sex symbol

Fans carry golfing legend Stuart Murray off the course after a famous victory

Scotsman Obituaries: Stuart Murray, Scottish amateur golfer turned professional

Among the positions held by Alastair Campbell was Islay Herald of Arms Extraordinary

Scotsman Obituaries: Alastair Campbell of Airds, soldier and historian

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