Ruby Dee obituary
Actor and activist in the American civil rights movement
Sam Greenlee obituary
US writer and poet best known for his controversial novel and film The Spook Who Sat By the Door
Barbara Murray obituary
Elegant stage and screen actor who starred in the TV series The Power Game and as Ammonia in the film of Up Pompeii
Elaine Sturtevant obituary
Artist who copied, repeated and reconstructed other artists' works, starting with Andy Warhol's Flowers in 1965
Tessa Watts obituary
Pioneering producer of music videos who worked with Boy George, George Michael and the Sex Pistols
Eli Woods obituary
Comedian in the music-hall tradition who was a stuttering stooge to the great Jimmy James
Bob Hoskins appreciation: ‘He was fun, likable, generous, warm and clever’
Actor and director Dexter Fletcher pays tribute to the much-loved star, who died on Wednesday, aged 71
Bob Hoskins on stage: tremendous as the villain, chippy as the dustman
Michael Coveney writes: For someone who came into theatre by accident, Bob Hoskins's performances preserved a sort of accidental realism
Bob Hoskins obituary
Actor associated with tough guy roles, but capable of playing the poodle as well as the pitbull
Bill Ash obituary
Second world war Spitfire pilot and PoW who was an inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape
Phil Hardy obituary
Influential editor, critic and commentator on the international music business
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter obituary
American boxer whose fight against the injustice of his life sentence for a triple murder was taken up by Bob Dylan in his 1975 protest song Hurricane
Richard Broke obituary
Film and TV producer behind such politically controversial BBC dramas as The Monocled Mutineer and Tumbledown
Edna Doré obituary
Television, stage and film actor best known for her role as Mo Butcher in the BBC's EastEnders