General John Galvin, Joan Leslie, Michael Meacher, Howard Kendall, Jerry Parr and Coleridge Goode
Matthew Bannister on a general, an actress, an MP, a football manager and a bodyguard.
Last Word · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Matthew Bannister on
General Jack Galvin who was NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe as the Cold War ended. Generals Colin Powell and David Petraeus pay tribute.
Joan Leslie - the Hollywood star who made forty films in ten years.
Michael Meacher - the former Environment minister once described by Neil Kinnock as "Tony Benn's vicar on earth." The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins us.
Howard Kendall - Everton football club's most successful manager. Gary Lineker remembers playing under him.
Jerry Parr - the secret service agent who saved President Ronald Reagan's life when he was shot.