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  • Benny Hill dies (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Interview with Nicholas Parsons about fellow comedian and actor Benny Hill, who’s died at the age of sixty-seven. Male interviewer not identified. Phone interview.

  • Freddie Mercury tribute (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Tribute

    Speech by Elizabeth Taylor, actress and president of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley Stadium, London where she appeals for the young to practice...

  • Danielle Carter funeral (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview; Tribute

    Report by Antone Jarvie on the funeral of Danielle Carter in Basildon. The 15-year-old Essex girl was killed in the IRA bombing in the City of London (10/04/92). More than 300 mourners packed the St Martin...

  • Benny Hill dies (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Interview with comic actor Derek Nimmo about the death of comedian Benny Hill at the age of sixty-seven. Says he was loved around the world.

  • Francis Bacon dies aged 82 (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Former arts minister and Chairman of Sotheby’s, Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, or Grey Gowrie) pays tribute to the artist Francis Bacon who has died aged 82. Interviewer is James Bays.

  • Benny Hill’s funeral (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Tribute

    Nicky Broyd reports on the funeral of comedian Benny Hill in Southampton, with tributes from actor and friend Nicholas Parsons and Hill’s straight man Henry McGee. It is believed his fortune will be left...

  • Kinnock resigns party leadership (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Parliamentary debate; Tribute

    Prime Minister John Major Commons speech paying tribute to Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock at Kinnock’s last Prime Minister’s Question Time as Labour leader. Major and Kinnock thank each other for the...

  • Bill Clinton victory speech (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Tribute

    Bill Clinton pays tribute to George Bush in his victory speech after winning the US presidential election.

  • Death of Sunnie Mann (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Television reporter and close family friend Brent Sadler speaks to Angela Rippon on her Drivetime show about Sunnie Mann, wife of former Lebanon hostage Jackie Mann, who has died of lung cancer in Cyprus at 78.

  • Arthur Ashe death (1993)

    Genre
    Obituary; Tribute

    Report on the death of tennis player Arthur Ashe and his announcement last year he had AIDS (heard at press conference); his other health problems including heart surgery where blood transfusion gave him HIV...