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Eddie Braben, Zahra Shahid Hussain, Hans Moretti, Jorge Videla and Ray Manzarek

Fri, 24 May 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of comedy writer Eddie Braben; Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain; escapologist Hans Moretti; Argentinian dictator Jorge Videla; and organist and founding member of The Doors Ray Manzarek.

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。