Sir Howard Bernstein, Joan Brady, Gene Nora Jessen, Arthur βGapsβ Hendrickson
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently
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Sir Howard Bernstein, the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council credited with transforming the city after the IRA bomb of 1996.
Joan Brady, the author and former ballet dancer who won the Whitbread Prize for her novel βThe Theory of Warβ.
Gene Nora Jessen, the American pilot who was part of a group of women known as the Mercury 13 β who were subjected to tests to see if they were fit to become astronauts.
Arthur βGapsβ Hendrickson, the vocalist with the two- tone group The Selecter. His bandmate Pauline Black OBE pays tribute.
Interviewee: Paul Horrocks
Interviewee: Alexander Masters
Interviewee: Marth Ackmann
Interviewee: Pauline Black OBE
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Sir Howard Bernstein interview, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, North West Tonight, 21/03/2017; News Report, Manchester Bombing, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, 15/06/1996; Howard Bernstein interview with Harvard Professor Ed Glaeser, Public Transportation in Manchester, City X, YouTube uploaded , 31/01/2018; News report - Commonwealth Games - Manchester, , ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, North West Tonight 25/07/2002; Howard Bernstein interview, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, Midlands Today, 26/07/2022; Howard Bernstein interview, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, North West Tonight, 31/03/2017; Joan Brady interview, The Forum, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, 09/05/2010; Joan Brady, The Theory of War, The Late Show, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two, 09/11/1993; Joan Brady interview, Womanβs Hour, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, 15/03/2003; Mercury 13 , Official Trailer, Netflix, YouTube uploaded, 09/04/2018; Gene Nora Jessen presentation, Womenβs Air Races, Aviation Business, and Astronaut Tests: A Pathbreaking Career, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum YouTube Channel, uploaded 05/06/2019; Pioneer aviator Gene Nora Jessen, Fox * News, Cleveland , YouTube channel, 20/08/2018.
Sir Howard Bernstein
The Chief Executive of Manchester City Council credited with transforming the city after the IRA bomb of 1996.
Last Word spoke to Paul Horrocks, the former editor of Manchester Evening News
BornΒ 9 April 1953,Β diedΒ 22 June 2024, aged 71Β
Joan Brady
The author and former ballet dancer who won the Whitbread Prize for her novel βThe Theory of Warβ.
Last Word spoke to her son β the author and screenwriter Alexander Masters.
Born on 4 December 1939, died 13 June 2024, aged 84
Gene Nora Jessen
TheΒ American pilot who was part of a group of women known as the Mercury 13 β who were subjected to tests to see if they were fit to become astronauts.
Last Word spoke to the journalist Martha Aackmann who wrote the bookΒ The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight.
Born on 10 January 1937, died 21 May 2024, aged 87.
Arthur βGapsβ Hendrickson
The vocalist with the two-tone group The Selecter.
Last Word spoke to his band mate Pauline Black OBE.
Born on November 7, 1970. Died on May 23, 2024, aged 53Β
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