Obituary · Scour

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Pelé went from poverty to football superstardom

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Daniel Brush’s drive to understand beauty led him to the life of a hermit

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Fifteen notable lives lost in 2022

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Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson longed to give Hitler a bloody nose

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Jay Pasachoff travelled the world to catch the Moon eclipsing the Sun

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Jiang Zemin oversaw a wave of economic change, but not much political reform

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Hebe de Bonafini lived through the lives of her sons

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For Hannah Pick-Goslar, paths crossed in an extraordinary way

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Shyam Saran Negi never failed in his democratic duty

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Carmen Callil changed British reading habits for ever

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Ian Hamilton masterminded one of the most daring heists of the last century

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Hilary Mantel saw things that others couldn’t

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Yurii Kerpatenko refused to bow to Russian orders

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Loretta Lynn gave all struggling women a voice

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Brother Andrew secretly carried Bibles behind the Iron Curtain

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Frank Drake believed that the universe had to contain other intelligent beings

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Elizabeth II never laid down the heavy weight of the crown

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Issey Miyake saw clothes in a completely new way

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Mikhail Gorbachev did not mean the Soviet Union to end that way

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Albert Woodfox found his true self in prison

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