Telegraph Obituaries (2024)

Mark Damon, B-movie heartthrob, spaghetti Western cowboy and later indie movie mogul – obituary Gudrun Ure, actress who found fame on children’s television as flying heroine Super Gran – obituary Vice-Admiral Sir Clive Johnstone, commanded HMS Bulwark during the evacuation of Beirut – obituary Terry Henebery, BBC radio producer who gave The Beatles early exposure on Saturday Club – obituary Colin Breed, Lib Dem MP for South East Cornwall who tried to heal divisions over hunting – obituary Martin Young, intrepid BBC investigative journalist who co-founded Rough Justice – obituary Miles Broadbent, headhunter who used ‘charisma and contacts’ to find top executives – obituary Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winner widely held to be the master of the modern short story – obituary William Noel, medieval manuscript expert who led the deciphering of lost works by Archimedes – obituary Tony Henman, solicitor, gifted sporting all-rounder and father of tennis player Tim Henman – obituary Susan Backlinie, stuntwoman and actress immortalised as the shark’s first victim in Jaws – obituary Belinda Bellville, fashion designer who dressed British high society and the Royal family – obituary Ramón Fonseca Mora, co-founder of the tax advice firm exposed by the ‘Panama Papers’ – obituary Chris Williams, Welsh historian best known for editing Richard Burton’s bestselling Diaries – obituary Roger Corman, master of cheap and cheesy film-making who promoted gifted new directors – obituary Larry Page, Kinks and Troggs manager who started out as ‘Larry Page the Teenage Rage’ – obituary Julian Clark, maritime lawyer who also pursued rock music and became a druid – obituary Dame Shirley Conran, author and campaigner who blazed a trail with Superwoman and Lace – obituary James Laurenson, top-class stage actor who was also a memorable screen supporting player – obituary Maj-Gen Pat MacLellan, officer and public servant indelibly linked with Bloody Sunday – obituary Richard Tandy, keyboard player and Jeff Lynne’s right-hand man in the Electric Light Orchestra – obituary John O’Shea, Welsh rugby prop who became the first Lion to be sent off for foul play – obituary