Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, Florence Fisher, Dr Nicholas Arnold
Kirsty Lang on businessman and philanthropist Chuck Feeney, World War Two agent Phyllis Latour, campaigner Florence Fisher, herpetologist Dr Nicholas Arnold.
Kirsty Lang on
Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, the secret billionaire who gave most of his money away to good causes.
Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, the fearless secret agent who was parachuted into Nazi occupied Normandy a month before D-Day.
Florence Fisher, who was adopted as a child and later led a movement to help millions of others find their birth parents.
Dr Nicholas Arnold, one of the world’s leading experts on reptiles.
Interviewee: Conor O'Clery
Interviewee: Clare Mulley
Interviewee: Lorraine Dusky
Interviewee: Andie Markoe-Byrne
Interviewee: Chris Arnold
Interviewee: Dr Colin McCarthy
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story, RTE Factual, YouTube, Atlantic Phil, Uploaded 05/06/2010; Chuck Feeney, Founding Chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies, on Empathy, YouTube, Atlantic Phil, Uploaded 13/04/2011; Discovery with Jill Neville, Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service, 01/06/1988; Adoption – The Right To Know, interview with Florence Fisher, Harvard University, 01/06/1990; Adoption records unsealed, News 8, News report, Wish-TV Indiana, YouTube uploaded 05/07/2018;
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Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney
Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, the secret billionaire who gave most of his money away to good causes.
Last Word spoke the journalist Conor O’Clery who wrote the biography ‘How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made And Gave Away A Fortune’
Born 23 April 1931, died 9 October 2023, aged 92
Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour MBE
The fearless secret agent who was parachuted into Nazi occupied Normandy a month before D-Day
Last Word spoke to the author and historian Clare Mulley.
Born 8 April 1921; died 7 October 2023, aged 102
Florence Fisher
The campaigner who was adopted as a child and later led
a movement to help millions of others find their birth parents.Â
Last Word spoke to her friend, writer and co-campaigner Lorraine Dusky
and Florence’s niece,  Andie
Markoe-Byrne.
Born 28 May 1928;Â died 1 October 2023; aged 95Â
Dr Nicholas Arnold
The herpetologist who was one of the world’s leading experts on reptiles.
Last Word spoke to his former colleague Dr Colin McCarthy and Nick’s son, Chris Arnold.
Born 16 October 1940; died 23 September 2023, aged 86.
Broadcasts
- Fri 20 Oct 2023 16:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
- Sun 22 Oct 2023 20:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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