Telegraph Obituaries (2024)

Jeannette Charles, former au pair who forged a career out of her resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II – obituary Albert Howard, navigator who helped to attack German ships in the Mediterranean – obituary Jürgen Moltmann, leading Protestant theologian who found God in a British prisoner-of-war camp – obituary Tin Oo, Myanmar general who became Aung San Suu Kyi’s closest ally – obituary Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama who lived in the White House as ‘First Granny’ – obituary John Burnside, vivid poet and memoirist whose work was influenced by a brutal childhood – obituary Elmer Boyd, Dallas detective who interrogated Lee Harvey Oswald – obituary Bren Orton, extreme kayaker who broke a British record by plunging off a 128ft waterfall – obituary Moorhead Kennedy, US diplomat held captive for 444 days during the Iranian hostage crisis – obituary Rob Burrow, rugby league international who helped to raise millions for MND charities – obituary David Martin Jones, political thinker who described Islamic State as a ‘death cult’ – obituary David Sanborn, saxophonist best known for his work with David Bowie – obituary Fr John Hunwicke, Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster turned Catholic priest-blogger – obituary Sid Going, All Black who became one of the greatest scrum-halves in rugby history – obituary Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby – obituary Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly organist who wrote and sang their biggest hit In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – obituary Mike Chaney, 1970s Today programme editor who steered the show towards its modern format – obituary Ángeles Flórez Peón, heroine of the Spanish Civil War who spent half a century in exile – obituary Bette Nash, world’s longest-serving flight attendant who kept the spirit of 1950s air travel alive – obituary Steve Albini, uncompromising musician and producer who brought the best out of Nirvana – obituary Dame Elizabeth Fradd, top children’s nurse who advised the NHS after the trial of Beverley Allitt – obituary Jeanne Bisgood, golfer who cut a swathe through the amateur ranks in the 1950s – obituary References