Yossi Harel

12:39am Friday 2nd May 2008

Commander of Jewish immigrant ship, immortalised on film; Died April 26, 2008. Yossi Harel, commander of the illegal Jewish immigrant ship Exodus, immortalised in the Leon Uris novel and Otto Preminger movie, died last Saturday at the age of 90.

Dennis Ward

12:14am Wednesday 30th April 2008

Linguist and artist; Born February 1, 1924; Died April 5, 2008. Dennis Ward, who has died aged 84, was the Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Edinburgh University. He was the son of Clifford Ward, a Yorkshire steelworker, and Doris Duke.

George Ogg

12:33am Tuesday 29th April 2008

Publisher; Born August 6, 1914; Died April 18, 2008. GEORGE Ogg, who has died aged 93, was a publisher and author who was responsible for textbooks used by millions of schoolchildren throughout the UK in the period after the Second World War.

John J Smith

12:30am Monday 28th April 2008

Educationalist; Born August 16, 1924; Died April 16, 2008.John Joseph Smith, who has died aged 83, was formerly headteacher of Columba High School, Coatbridge, from 1969 until his retirement in 1985.

Rowland Sheret

12:42am Saturday 26th April 2008

Campaigning socialist; Born March 6, 1945; Died March 30, 2008. ROWLAND Sheret, who has died aged 63, was a lifelong socialist, political activist, trade unionist and community campaigner.

Edward Lorenz

12:40am Saturday 26th April 2008

Inventor of chaos theory; Born May 23, 1917; Died April 16, 2008. EDWARD Lorenz, who has died aged 90, was the father of chaos theory that claims small effects lead to big changes.

Marion Mackenzie

12:38am Saturday 26th April 2008

Teacher; Born November 5, 1944; Died March 21, 2008. Marion Mackenzie, who has died aged 63, was a teacher who returned to the profession after raising three boys to become a respected special-needs educator.

Jenny Coutts

12:28am Friday 25th April 2008

First female provost of Kirkintilloch; Born November 18, 1909; Died March 18, 2008. Jenny Coutts, who has died aged 98, was the first female provost of Kirkintilloch and when she died Kirkintilloch and Lenzie lost more than a well-kent and much respected figure; they lost someone who reflected the spirit of a different age, someone for whom service to others was not a motto but a way of life.

Ollie Johnston

12:26am Friday 25th April 2008

Animator; Born October 31, 1912; Died April 14, 2008. Ollie Johnston, who has died aged 95, was the last of the legendary team of artists who animated such Walt Disney classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia and Bambi.

Derek McKay

12:14am Thursday 24th April 2008

Prolific Aberdeen goalscorer who earned the nickname Cup-tie McKay DEREK McKay, who has died of a suspected heart attack aged 59, was the Aberdeen striker whose two goals at Hampden in 1970 won the Scottish Cup for the Dons.

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