Obituaries

Front Row. Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Sarah Phelps, puppetry on stage. Audio, 42 minutesFront Row

The general who became India’s first defence chief

Bob Dole: From WW2 casualty to top Republican

Sir Antony Sher: A giant of the stage

Obituary: Stephen Sondheim

FW de Klerk: South Africa's last white president

Last Word. Sir Michael Rutter (pictured), Christopher Wenner, Sister Megan Rice, Jeanette Altwegg. Audio, 28 minutesLast Word

Colin Powell: Vietnam vet to secretary of state

Bouteflika: From child prodigy to octogenarian leader

Computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81

Tireless inventor ahead of his time

French film great Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88

Charlie Watts: Jazz man who became rock superstar

Merengue maestro Johnny Ventura dies aged 81

The final years of John McAfee's controversial life

Quiet son of Philippine democracy icons dies

Kenneth Kaunda: A pioneer of African independence

The socialite who gave it all up to be a silent nun

Idriss Déby - the end of Chad's 'Great Survivor'

Obituary: DMX, the record-breaking rap star

Who he was, what he did and why he mattered