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Photo from Yahoo! Former Austrian chancellor Fred Sinowatz dies
AP - Former Austrian Chancellor Fred Sinowatz has died at the age of 79. The current chancellor, Alfred Gusenbauer, announced the death Monday. No cause was given.
Yahoo!  –  Aug 11, 2008 8:31 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Horst Stein
Conductor who won critical acclaim at Bayreuth and the Vienna State Opera
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 11, 2008 7:47 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Terence Rigby
Actor who was seldom out of work on television or the big screen and excelled in Harold Pinter's plays on stage
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 11, 2008 7:39 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Isaac Hayes obituary
Isaac Hayes who died on Sunday aged 65 was best known for his theme to the 1971 film Shaft and much later for his contribution to the cartoon South Park; but he was also a highly important influence on the way popular music developed in the 1970s and 1990s.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 11, 2008 1:15 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Glencairn Balfour Paul
Diplomat who served as Ambassador to Iraq Jordan and Tunisia before writing histories of the Middle East.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 10, 2008 9:42 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Air ViceMarshal Donald Pocock
CommandantGeneral of the RAF Regiment who cut his teeth in action in the Western Desert Italy and Aden
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 10, 2008 9:41 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Professor AKS Lambton
Persian scholar who produced classic works on Iran and was invaluable in protecting Britain's interests there.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 8, 2008 6:14 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Pauline Baynes
Book illustrator discovered by JRR Tolkien who went on to create the drawings for CS Lewis's Narnia books.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 8, 2008 6:14 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Simon Gray
Prolific playwright who wrote a string of black comedies and later produced a series of candid memoirs
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 7, 2008 7:38 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Phyllis Gordon Spencer
Head of the girls' programme for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award who targeted youngsters from the inner cities
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Aug 7, 2008 6:49 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?