2 h. ago Billy Bonds: West Ham legend was a lion on the pitch and a gentleman off it

Football legend who was a 'lion' on the pitch and a 'private and devoted' family man off it - tributes paid to Billy 'Bonzo' Bonds following his death aged 79

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11 h. ago BBC Breakfast paused as host shares devastating death update with Royal tributes

The Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love playwright Tom Stoppard died aged 88 as the Royal Family were among the first to pay tribute

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25 h. ago Tom Stoppard dead: Shakespeare In Love writer and Oscar winner dies at the age of 88

Iconic screenwriter Tom Stoppard has passed away at the age of 88. The screenwriter scooped an Oscar for his 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, starring Gqyneth Paltrow

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26 h. ago Tom Stoppard death: Oscar and Tony winning playwright dies aged 88

Stoppard won an Oscar in 1999 for Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘Shakespeare in Love’

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26 h. ago Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies aged 88: Oscar winner for Shakespeare In Love screenplay dies peacefully at home

Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, has 'died peacefully at home'.

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26 h. ago Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriterThe playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Tom Stoppard dead: Playwright who won Oscar for Shakespeare In Love screenplay dies peacefully at home aged 88

Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, has died at the age of 88. Stoppard died peacefully in his home in Dorset surrounded by his family. A statement from United Agents said: "We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved client and...

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26 h. ago Tom Stoppard dies aged 88 as tributes paid to legendary Oscar

Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love has died 'peacefully' aged 88, his agents said in a statement

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6 d. ago Jimmy Cliff dead: Reggae music pioneer dies age 81 as tributes paid

The death of reggae music legend Jimmy Cliff - whose hits include You Can Get It If You Really Want - has been announced by his family this afternoon

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast presenters' heartbreaking tribute to 'properly funny' Strictly star

Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson, who also presented Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, has died at the age of 68 with tributes paid on BBC Breakfast

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3 w. ago Pauline Collins dead: Shirley Valentine actress dies after years of Parkinson's disease

Actress Pauline Collins has died aged 85 as her husband John Alderton paid a touching tribute, saying her 'her greatest performance' was being his wife and mother to their children

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