Sir Humphrey Burton obituary Renowned broadcaster known for arts and music programmes such as Arena, Aquarius and Omnibus
Peter Greene obituary Actor who gave memorable, sometimes unnerving, performances in films such as Pulp Fiction, The Mask and The Usual Suspects
Rob Reiner obituary Actor and director of a string of hit films including The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men
Stanley Baxter obituary Scottish comedian whose spectacular sketch shows on television made him a household name
Sophie Kinsella obituary Author whose Shopaholic series of romcom novels were global bestsellers and adapted into a Hollywood film
Daniel Woodrell obituary Author of ‘country noir’ novels, such as Winter’s Bone, set in the rural communities of the Ozark mountains
Steve Cropper obituary Guitarist with the American band Booker T and the MGs who was also a successful songwriter and producer
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith obituary Financial journalist who was the founding editor of the groundbreaking Independent newspaper in 1986
Sir Tom Stoppard obituary One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue
Jimmy Cliff obituary One of the greatest stars of Jamaican reggae known for his 1969 hit Many Rivers to Cross and the film The Harder They Come
Marjorie Ainsworth obituary Other lives: Film enthusiast who was a pillar of the Manchester and Salford Film Society
Tatsuya Nakadai obituary One of the greatest actors of Japanese cinema best known for Ran, the 1985 film adaptation of King Lear
Pauline Collins obituary Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece
Tchéky Karyo obituary Turkish-French actor who played the dogged, philosophical detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC TV thriller The Missing