Carlo Rustichelli

Obituary: Prolific Italian composer of film scores including Avanti!

Christopher Reeve

Obituary: Actor whose talent and determination to fight quadriplegia made him more than a Superman.

Obituary: South Africa's first internationally renowned black diva.

French director who explored the pleasures of ordinary people.

Internationally renowned lyricist whose string of hit musicals included Cabaret and Chicago.

Von Stauffenberg's linkman in Vienna during the plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Prolific film and television director in sympathy with his actors.

Star who shone in France's fatalistic movies of the 1940s.

A gifted and versatile actor, she became the first woman in the world to celebrate gay marriages.

Italian-born star of French film for half a century who developed a second career as a singer.

Gentle giant actor from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Obituary: Italian master of cinematography.

Old-school Hollywood agent who represented Humphrey Bogart.

Italian actor balancing pathos with comic aplomb.

A rightwing Republican of Democratic origins, he hated big government and communism but played a key role in ending the cold war.