... Obituary Meta Segal META SEGAL one of the stalwarts of the London Yiddish theatre, died on November 13. She made her first appearance in this country at the Pavilion, Whitechapel and spent her working life in constant employ ment alongside her husband ...

... Obituary ONE of the most influential ot the post vr French singers. GEORGES BRASSENS died aged 60 on October 30 at his home town, Sete, on the Mediterranean coast. Discovered by the cabaret singer Patachou in 1952, he had done a variety of jobs previously ...

... Obituary JOHN McBENNETT. who died on October 2. trained at RADA and worked for a number of years as an actor His acting work included a year's tour in The Barretts of Wimpole Street snd also a season with a company run by Anthony Creighton. Although ...

... Obituary Bill Haley WITH THE death of February 9 at the age of 55 of BILL HALEY, rock 'n' roll loses another of its major personalities, a man who. though not an especially good musician in his own right, played a vital role in the popularisation of the ...

... Obituary MARGARET McCONNEU. who toured the wortd with her skating comedian hus band Jock McConnell. has died of cancer at Christchurch Hospital, aged 54, just three months after performing in front of former United States President Jimmy Carter. During ...

... Obituary The sudden death of DONALD ROSS on April 28. at the age of 62. after a very short illness, robs the theatre and opera of a man who had given his life to it with total com mitment. His burly elegance and wary geniality will be much missed. Bom ...

... Obituary DICK KATZ. who died on March 30 aged 65, was one of the most retpected agents in British and international show business. He was born in Hanover in 1916 and ar rived in Britain in 1332. Prior to 1939, he had ambitions of becoming a doctor, but ...

... Obituary RICHARD LEONARD, the American-born musical director who conducted such West End shows as Gypsy, Oh Coward, The Sammy Cahn Songbook, Dean, Bubbling Brown Sugar The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Oliver!, died of cancer on January 19 at ...

... Obituary ROBERT WEBBER'S many friends in the profession will learn with regret of his death on December 21,1 980 at the age of 77 in the Burnham Memorial Hospital at Burnhamon-Sea, Somerset, after a long illness. Robert Webber was a native of Somer set ...

... Obituary BARBARA AITKEN, dancer and choreographer with the Tiller Girls, died on October 20 aged 77. She had a leg am putated a few months ago but had a replacement fitted after a successful opera tion last summer. She joined the Tiller Girls in the twenties ...

... Obituary The novelist and playwright ROBIN MAUGHAM who has died aged 64, was best known in the theatre for such plays as The Claimant, Mister Lear, Odd Man In and later the modern classic The Ser vant, which was first seen at the Con- naught, ...

... Obituary ANN HARDING, the American actress, has died aged 79. Although she was best known in this country for her film work, she had a distinguished stage career and gave one of her finest performances in London. Daughter of an Army general, she was educated ...