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Jamie Crick, long-serving star of Classic FM who helped start Gaydar Radio – obituary
He cut a youthful figure and of his Classic FM show maintained that ‘You’ll find no snobbery here… classical music is for everyone’
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Chryss Goulandris, racing breeder whose horses won the Arc de Triomphe and the ‘French Derby’ – obituary
Her racing activities continued smoothly despite the financial downfall of her husband, Sir Tony O’Reilly
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Gayle Hunnicutt, Texas-born actress who flourished on the British stage and screen – obituary
The Telegraph’s critic Richard Last described Gayle Hunnicutt as having ‘the most luminously beautiful face on television’
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Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter whose hit Margaritaville captured a way of life for his fans – obituary
Buffett made a fortune from the appeal of his easygoing vision by investing in lucrative businesses, many of them branded Margaritaville
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Sarah Lawson, actress best known for the Hammer Horror cult classic The Devil Rides Out – obituary
A prolific television actress, she played a prisoner governor in Within These Walls so convincingly that fans would ask her for legal advice
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Bernie Marsden, guitarist and songwriter with Whitesnake – obituary
He received little money from the band apart from a small salary until he took legal action later
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Julian Ogilvie Thompson, mining executive who steered Anglo American through the post-apartheid years – obituary
He presided with aplomb and political sensitivity over an empire that touched every part of South Africa’s economic life
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Bob Barker, witty, Emmy-winning host for 35 years of the US game show The Price Is Right – obituary
An animal-rights activist, he compered Miss America and Miss Universe for 20 years but quit over the practice of giving fur coats as prizes
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Richard Lynn, evolutionary psychologist who declared his belief in the benefits of eugenics – obituary
‘Evolutionary progress means the extinction of the less competent,’ he said. ‘To think otherwise is mere sentimentality’
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Air Commodore Cliff Godwin, bomber pilot who flew anti-submarine missions in the Arctic Circle – obituary
He supported the Russian convoys, and later converted to the Whirlwind helicopter in Hong Kong
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Claude Picasso, estranged son of the artist who ended up controlling the Picasso estate – obituary
After his mother’s incendiary memoir, Picasso told him ‘I wish you were dead,’ but Claude won out over the battling heirs to run the empire
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Sir James Mellon, diplomat who promoted Britain’s business interests across the world – obituary
His greatest achievement, he said, was keeping the Concorde project alive in the face of opposition from the Treasury and the DTI
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Johaar Mosaval, charismatic ballet soloist and first black member of Sadler’s Wells – obituary
When he was twice excluded from Sadler’s Wells tours of his native South Africa during apartheid, questions were asked in Parliament
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Lieutenant Commander Harry Brazier, characterful submariner and naval attaché in 1970s Moscow – obituary
When two girls tried to pick him up in Leningrad, he said: ‘Sorry, we’re British and rather busy spying. Could you come back in 10 minutes?’
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Margia Dean, beauty queen and actress who worked with Clint Eastwood and Vincent Price – obituary
She also worked in England for a few years as a producer in film and television
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Dmitry Utkin, co-founder with Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner Group of mercenaries – obituary
He appeared to have concentrated his activities in Africa and Syria, and was accused of several human-rights abuses
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Professor Anthony Bryceson, expert in tropical diseases who was kidnapped by guerrillas in Laos – obituary
He and his colleagues eventually got on well with their captors, and were even given whisky on the Queen’s birthday
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Jango Edwards, burlesque-inspired clown who once opened in nude for the Rolling Stones – obituary
‘Clowns are people that break the rules and barriers,’ he said. ‘But they don’t take you over the edge. They take you to the edge’
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Willie Coyle, bridge player widely held to be Scotland’s finest – obituary
He worked as a maths teacher, and as well as amassing a large haul of bridge silverware he was also appointed MBE for services to education
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James Leavey, writer, actor and cigar devotee who wrote smokers’ guides to tobacco-friendly places – obituary
Leavey believed smokers were well-adjusted, tolerant and creative: ‘That’s why … great thinkers have smoked, like Karl Marx and Mozart’
