His management career in Ireland took him to Cork Hibernians, Cork Celtic, Drumcondra, Bray Wanderers, Athlone Town and Galway Rovers

Both players and fellow journalists respected him for his depth of knowledge, but he had a sense of humour and enjoyed a practical joke

Hailed as 'the White Flash', the superbly built paceman was a bowler of immense heart and enthusiasm

A much-loved singing teacher at the Royal College of Music, she is affectionately remembered by her pupils

They were in the process of disbanding until David Bowie gave them his song ‘All The Young Dudes’

The couple's 69-year marriage had more than a touch of the fairy-tale about it

Weidenfeld was part rogue, part Gatsby, part social dandy and snob, but a man of much humour and diplomatic skills

Stewart was a song interpreter, songwriter and raconteur, and achieved a place in the pantheon of Scottish musicians

He was a tireless President of the Writer's Guild and in later years was able to concentrate entirely on writing history

Born in Detroit, he became part of the Michigan rock scene including the vocalist Bob Seger who would remain a lifelong friend and occasional collaborator

She worried when she realised she had no fear. “I thought to myself, 'If I have no fear, where do I finish up? I do not feel fear at 200kph, so what then?

Turcat played a pivotal part in this most ambitious Anglo-French project

Her book on slave quilting began with a quest to learn more about her great-great-grandmother, who had been a slave in Arkansas

He wrote a Western novella, but was told to spice up his second; it was promptly banned

Cescutti was one of the few riders who could still recall competing in Vichy France

Princess Ashraf's glamorous life epitomised the excesses of her brother's rule

Major Tom was the first of a sequence of identities adopted by Bowie that could be seen as a long journey to discover his true self

Courrèges looked into the future and saw his woman de-sexed, disciplined and monochrome

He had speedy delivery, an easy-going nature, a love of feeble jokes and perpetual enthusiasm