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The celebrated pianist and author Alfred Brendel has died aged 94 at his home in London.The musician was born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia (now…

Leonard Lauder, the businessman who built Estee Lauder into one of the world’s biggest cosmetic makers, has died aged 92.Lauder took over his parents company in…

The Englishman, born to a Albanian father and a British-Yemeni mother, became hooked on the sport when his mum brought him to a boxing gym aged…

Sly Stone, the American musician who lit up generations of dancefloors with his gloriously funky and often socially conscious songwriting, has died aged 82.“After a prolonged…

Hannah Coates’ article (From strength training in your 20s to yoga in your 80s: how to reach peak fitness at any age, 31 May) covered ages…

The actor Jonathan Joss, best known for voicing John Redcorn in King of the Hill, has died in a shooting.San Antonio police confirmed to Variety that…

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean war on…

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film Tsotsi, which won South Africa’s first ever Oscar…

Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning French film-maker whose documentary The Sorrow and the Pity uncovered the truth of the Vichy government’s collaboration with Nazi Germany during the…

George Wendt, the actor best known for playing Norm in long-running sitcom Cheers, has died at 76.His death was confirmed by his publicist in a statement.“George…