Charles P Lazarus, Marielle Franco, John Brookes, Zena Skinner, Oskar Groning
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Last Word · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Photo: Zena Skinner
Julian Worricker on:
Charles P Lazarus, the founder of Toys 'R' Us - a store chain which, for decades, captured the hearts of consumers around the world
Brazilian political activist Marielle Franco, who grew up in the favelas and was elected to Rio city council
Landscape designer John Brookes, described as 'the man who made the modern garden'....
Zena Skinner, one of the most popular chefs on television in the 1960s and 70s
And convicted Nazi war criminal, Oskar Groning, who became known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz
Archive clips from: AUSCHWITZ: THE NAZIS AND ‘THE FINAL SOLUTION’, BBC ONE 11/01/2005; GARDENER’S WORLD, BBC TWO; GARDENER’S QUESTION TIME, RADIO 4