Obituaries

Bob Daugherty, a photographer with a knack for capturing history

From political leaders to Derby winners, he was always ahead of the pack in the right place at the right time

Goodbye Ozzy, the innately likeable Prince Of Darkness

The Black Sabbath frontman, famous for his long career of drugs and bat-biting, has died weeks after his final concert

Fauja Singh, the 114-year-old sporting legend

The athlete took up long-distance running to cope with personal loss and broke records as a centenarian

Roman Starovoit, politician who fell out of favour with Putin

The sacked Russian transport minister was found dead in his car last week after disappointing his Kremlin masters

John Fingleton, proud MCC member

The man universally known as ‘Fingers’ was a natural showman who loved the finer things in life

Alfred Brendel, virtuoso pianist, composer and comic poet

The Czechoslovakia-born musician who made London his home inspired younger players with his intense approach and ‘colossal intelligence’

Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer

American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon

William Boyd: how Frederick Forsyth broke the thriller mould

Having reported from war zones and acted as a spy, Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, brought all his experience and eye for detail to his gritty debut novel, The Day of the Jackal

Obituary: Marcel Ophuls, the radical Bafta-winning director

It took him two years to make The Sorrow and the Pity, the seminal documentary about French Nazi collaborators, but his heart was still with feature films

Remembering Pierre Audi, visionary founder of the Almeida

Unassuming and innovative, his work across boundaries and frontiers created the space that allowed others – from Philip Glass to Yuri Lyubimov – to shine

Obituary: Michael B Tretow, the producer who gave ABBA their sound

Michael B Tretow created the sound that turned Abba from a Scandi folk-pop group into a global phenomenon

Obituary: Anne Dunham, the gold-medal equestrian

Winner of six gold medals across five Games, the Paralympic dressage rider was a ‘fearless warrior’

Obituary: Valentin-Yves Mudimbe

Philosopher and writer who challenged ‘Heart of Darkness’ cliches about the continent of Africa