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Tony Sirico (pictured), JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos, Ann Shulgin, Ivana Trump

John Wilson on The Sopranos actor Tony Sirico, ex Angolan president JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos, pioneering therapist Ann Shulgin and businesswoman and media personality Ivana Trump.

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Tony Sirico, the former armed robber turned actor who found fame playing the role of mobster Paulie Walnuts in ground-breaking television series The Sopranos.

JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola as president for 37 years, steering the country through a bloody civil war, and reaping the benefits of an oil boom while being accused of huge levels of corruption.

Ann Shulgin, a therapist who pioneered the use of psychedelics and MDMA in therapy together with her chemist husband Sasha.

And Ivana Trump, the Czechoslovakian skier and model whose marriage to Donald Trump made her a fixture of tabloid and society pages for decades.

Producer: Tim Bano

Interviewed guest: Fr Robert Sirico
Interviewed guest: Dr Justin Pearce
Interviewed guest: Amanda Feilding
Interviewed guest: Professor David Nutt

Archive clips used: Paramount Pictures, The First Wives Club (1996); American Playhouse, The Big Bang (1989); NBC Today, 20th Anniversary of 'The Sopranos' 10/01/2019; HBO, The Sopranos (1999); Miramax/ Sweetland Films/ Magnolia Production, Bullets Over Broadway (1994); YouTube, ComΓ­cio JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos - Angola 1992 16/09/2010; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sound Archive, Independence celebrations in Angola 11/11/1975; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, News 23/02/2002; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Archive, Angola vote in first election for 16 years 05/09/2008; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two, Panorama - The Corrupt Billionaire 25/01/2020; Viveka Films, MDMA The Movie - Promo Clip (2016); CBS News, When Ecstasy was legal 1985; gaiamedia/ YouTube channel, Ask the Shulgins 17/03/2014; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One, Wogan - Ivana Trump interview 03/06/1992; CBS Sunday Morning, Ivana Trump interview 08/10/2017; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Woman's Hour - Ivana Trump interview 03/06/1992; HBO/ Harpo Productions, The Oprah Winfrey Show 25/04/1998; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One, Modern Times - The Fame Game 03/01/1996; Del Monte/ Brian Jackson, UK Del Monte pears advert (2014).

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28 minutes

Tony Sirico

Born 29 July 1942; died 8 July 2022 aged 79.

Last Word spoke to his brother Fr Robert Sirico.

JosΓ© Eduardo dos Santos

Born 28 August 1942; died 8 July 2022 aged 79.

Last Word spoke to Dr Justin Pearce, senior lecturer in history at Stellenbosch University and former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter based in Angola.

Ann Shulgin

Born 22 March 1941; died 9 July 2022 aged 91.Β 

Last Word spoke to her friend and drugs policy researcher Amanda Feilding, and Dr David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London.

Ivana Trump

Born 20 February 1949; died 14 July 2022 aged 73.

In her own words.

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  • Fri 22 Jul 2022 16:00
  • Sun 24 Jul 2022 20:30

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