Frank Gray obituary Other lives: Journalist with special expertise in obituaries, jazz, cigars and all things Spanish
John Cloudsley-Thompson obituary Naturalist whose studies of desert wildlife began during his wartime posting in North Africa
Ian Skidmore obituary Witty broadcaster and journalist who attracted an international following with his spoof Welsh pirate station, Radio Brynsiencyn
Walter Greenwood obituary Co-author of Essential Law for Journalists, the standard textbook for trainee reporters and reference work for news desks
Olive Stevenson obituary Leading social work academic who played a key role in the Maria Colwell inquiry of the 1970s
Martina Thomson obituary Other lives: Berlin-born actor who appeared in radio plays and then trained as an art therapist
Marcella Hazan obituary Italian cookery writer whose books were hugely influential in the US and Britain
Tom Clancy obituary Bestselling novelist whose military thrillers, including Patriot Games, were made into hit films and spawned video games
Anthony Lawrence obituary Veteran BBC foreign correspondent and radio broadcaster who reported on China's Cultural Revolution and the Vietnam war
Kofi Awoonor obituary Leading Ghanaian poet, novelist and political activist whose work was firmly rooted in the traditions of the Ewe people
Ann Wordsworth obituary Other lives: English tutor at St Hugh's College, Oxford, who never patronised her students
Alberto Bevilacqua obituary Italian writer, poet and film-maker who adapted and directed his own novels for the screen