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09 Nov 12: Clive Dunn, Elliott Carter, Lord Lofthouse, Han Suyin and Brian Cobby

Fri, 9 Nov 12

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the actor Clive Dunn - best known as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army; American composer Elliott Carter; Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract - the former miner who became a Labour MP and then deputy speaker of the House of Commons; Han Suyin, the Chinese-born author best known for her romantic novel "A Many Splendoured Thing"; and the voice of the speaking clock, Brian Cobby.

1 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。