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Jim Gray at the company's 40th Anniversary celebration in 2017

Obituary: Jim Gray, temperature-controlled vehicles firm founder
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Obituary: Johnny Briggs, Coronation Street's Mike Baldwin
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Obituary: Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, clan chief and judge
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Obituary: Davie Rose, Scottish rugby internationalist
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Obituary: Ruaraidh Hilleary, Highlander, SAS soldier, adventurer and bon viveur
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Obituary: John Clemmens, engineer and railway photographer
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Obituary: John G Henderson, pioneer of Scottish long distance walking routes
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Obituary: Jimmy McIntosh, Scottish piper who made new life in US
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Obituary: Ranald MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan chief
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Obituary: Dr Marc Ellington, US-born folk singer who joined British Establishmen...
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Obituary: Mary Wilson: singer with legendary Motown group The Supremes
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Obituary: Aidan Sprot MC, Scot whose bravery helped free France from Nazis
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Obituary: John Grant, ‘The Duke' who played over 300 games for Hibs
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Obituary: Dr David Dick, Scot who went from telegram boy to college principal
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Obituary: Walter Bernstein, Hollywood scriptwriter who was hounded by FBI
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Obituary: Robert Donaldson, National Library of Scotland legend
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Obituary: Nick Radcliffe, TV journalist, reserve officer and businessman
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Obituary: James Aylward, Scotland-raised IT executive
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Obituary: Bill Black, internationally respected Scottish swimming official
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Obituary: Alex Forrester, footballer turned Aberdeen University Vice-Principal
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Obituary: Raymond Miquel CBE, businessman who saved Ryder Cup
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Obituary: William Ferguson, respected Scottish historian and author
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Obituary: Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor best known for The Sound of Music
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Obituary: Leon Spinks, US boxer who took world title from Ali
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Obituary: Paul Caton, deputy principal awarded MBE for services to cadets
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Obituary: Anthony Maxwell,  21st-century heraldic designer
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Obituary: Iain More, swimmer and fundraising pioneer
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Obituary: Phil Spector, pop genius jailed for murder
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Obituary: Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning American actress
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Obituary: Dr Kenneth Jones, scientist and vigneron
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Obituary: Jimmy Johnstone, Scot who survived Nazis' death march
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Obituary: Donald John MacDonald, Scottish journalist and broadcaster
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Obituary: John Fitzpatrick, footballer
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Obituary: John Hillman, former Director of Scottish Crop Research Institute
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Obituary: Larry King, US broadcaster famed for hard-hitting style
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Obituary: Alistair Skene, businessman, piper and sportsman
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Obituary: Brig Charles Ritchie CBE, Scots soldier whose life was like 007 film
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Obituary: Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington, shepherd and Deputy Lieutenant for Cum...
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Obituary: Andy Gray, Scots actor who became panto legend
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Obituary: Eleanor Wadsworth,  ‘Attagirl’ who flew fighter planes during Second W...
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Obituary: Robin MacCormick, Scottish solicitor, and writer to the Signet
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Philip Tartaglia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow
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Obituary: John Duncanson, broadcaster who anchored Grampian TV's North Tonight f...
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Obituary: Frank Wright,  Scottish pioneer in computational biology techniques
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Obituary: Michael Apted, British director of James Bond and Seven-Up
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Obituary: Jim Haynes, co-founder of Scotland's visionary Traverse Theatre
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Obituary: John Webster, Scottish mechanic, soldier and daredevil
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Obituary: Dave Prowse, British actor who was under Darth Vader's mask
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Obituary: Albert Roux, trailblazer for gastronomy in the UK
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Obituary: Joan Davidson, Scot who sparked interest in science in thousands of ch...
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Obituary: David Dundas Wood, respected Scottish solicitor
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Obituary: Tommy Docherty, former Scotland and Manchester United boss
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Obituary: George Blake, Cold War double agent
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Obituary: Pierre Cardin, avant-garde European fashion designer
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Obituary: Margaret Grant, Scot who founded Brittle Bone Society
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Obituary: Stella Tennant, supermodel with aristocratic Scottish roots
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Obituary: Jim McLean, legendary Dundee United manager
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Obituary: Rosalind Knight, British actress known for St Trinian's films
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Obituary: Alanna Knight, novelist who worked in multiple genres
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Obituary: Marjory Dougal, respected Edinburgh Youth Orchestra administrator
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Obituary: Ronnie Rusack,  publican dedicated to the revival of Scotland’s canals...
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Obituary: Angus Macpherson, Scottish civil servant
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Obituary: Otto Hutter, Austrian-born scientist who demonstrated how heartbeat wo...
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Obituary: Bobby Wishart, Scots footballer who won First Division Championships w...
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Obituary: Graham Forbes, farmer and businessman
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Obituary: Bryan Cooney, Scottish sports journalist
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Obituary: Lockhart Frain-Bell, Consultant Radiologist and Burma Campaign veteran
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Obituary: Loren Hufstetler, engineer, businessman and philanthropist
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Obituary: John le Carré, author whose Cold War spy thrillers made him a househol...
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Obituary: Mary Hartnoll,  director of social work and first chair of the Care Co...
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Obituary: Dame Barbara Windsor,  beloved actress famous for roles in Carry On fi...
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Obituary: Bob Tollervey, talented rugby player who served Heriots FP with distin...
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Obituary: Jimmy Ratter,  tropical botanist devoted to the study of Brazil’s cerr...
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Obituary: Peter Alliss, colourful and sometimes controversial voice of golf
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Obituary: Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer
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Obituary: Buff Hardie, Scottish entertainer known for Scotland the What!
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