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  • Francois Mitterrand death (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; Obituary

    Tributes have been pouring in all day for the former French President Francois Mitterrand who died this morning after a long battle with cancer. Sir Charles Powell, who was Foreign Affairs Adviser to...

  • Francois Mitterrand death (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; Obituary

    Britain’s political leaders have united in their praise of France’s longest serving President Francois Mitterrand, who’s finally lost his long battle with cancer. Labour deputy leader John Prescott...

  • Simon Cadell dies at 45 (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; Obituary

    Simon Vigar looks back at the career of actor Simon Cadell, star of TV’s Hi-De-Hi who has died. He became famous after playing the upper crust Maplins holiday camp manager Jeffrey Fairbrother. Includes...

  • The late George Burns on getting old (1996)

    Genre
    Obituary; Speech

    Legendary comedian George Burns has died at the age of one hundred. He rose to fame with his wife Gracie Allen in the Twenties, and won an academy award in the Seventies for his role in the Sunshine Boys....