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Sir Harold Evans, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Alan Minter, Helen Taylor-Thompson

Julian Worricker on campaigning editor Sir Harold Evans, US judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, charity worker Helen Taylor-Thompson, boxer Alan Minter.

Julian Worricker on:

The campaigning journalist and editor, Sir Harold Evans, voted the greatest of all time by his peers....

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice, who served in that role for 27 years and became something of a judicial celebrity....

The charity worker Helen Taylor-Thompson, who co-founded Europe's first AIDS hospice at a time of great hostility towards those with the disease....

And the boxer, Alan Minter, who became the undisputed middleweight champion of the world.

Presenter: Julian Worricker
Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Jessica Levinson
Interviewed guest: Brenda Feigen
Interviewed guest: Roy Greenslade
Interviewed guest: Dr. Veronica Moss
Interviewed guest: John McDonald

Archive clips from: Archive on 4 - Harold Evans at 90, Radio 4 23/06/2018; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4, 07/04/2000; John Dunn Show, Radio 2, 04/09/1980

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28 minutes

Sir Harold Evans

Born 28 June 1928; died聽 23 September 2020, aged 92


Last Word spoke to Emeritus Professor of Journalism at City University London, and media commentator; Roy Greenslade

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg

Born 15 March 1933; died 18 September 2020, aged 87


Last Word spoke to Jessica Levinson, Professor of Law 聽at Loyola University, Los Angeles, and Brenda Feigen, a friend and former colleague at the American Civil Liberties Union

Helen Taylor-Thompson

Born 7 August 1924; died 6 September, aged 96


Last Word spoke to Dr. Veronica Moss, chief executive and chief medical officer of the Mildmay Hospital

Alan Minter

Born 17 August 1951; died 9 September 2020, aged 69


Last Word spoke to boxing MC, John McDonald

Broadcasts

  • Fri 25 Sep 2020 16:00
  • Sun 27 Sep 2020 20:30

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