Obituaries

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

Tributes paid to playwright Oliver Emanuel

Andre Braugher in his own words. Video, 00:00:54Andre Braugher in his own words

The chequered legacy of India's 'rags-to-riches' tycoon