Obituaries

Val Kilmer: A brilliant, underrated and unpredictable film star

Gene Hackman: One of Hollywood's greatest 'tough guys'

Marianne Faithfull, the 60s icon and rock star muse who carved her own path

Dame Joan Plowright: Acting star whose first love was theatre

Jean-Marie Le Pen - founder of French far right and 'Devil of the Republic'

Johnnie Walker: Radio's rock 'n' roll pirate

Notable deaths 2024

Billionaire HBO creator Charles Dolan dies aged 98

Jimmy Carter: From peanut farmer to one-term president and Nobel winner

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh: In his own words. Video, 00:02:19Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh: In his own words

Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73

South African anti-apartheid writer Breytenbach dies

June Spencer: Veteran Archers star who found art could imitate life

Quincy Jones: From 'street rat' to music mastermind

Life of Janey Godley, Glaswegian pub landlady who became street-fighter of comedy

Starbucks, Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover: Remembering Ratan Tata's global ambitions

James Earl Jones: From a childhood stammer to the unmistakable voice of Darth Vader

Will Jennings, co-writer of Titanic's My Heart Will Go On, dies - reports

Zambians mourn gospel singer popular in churches and clubs

Obituary: Edna O'Brien, the controversial Irish novelist

Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain. Video, 28 minutesMichael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain

Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, dies at 86

Tributes to councillor who rode at Isle of Man TT