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Radio 4,24 May 2013,28 mins
A comedy writer, a founding member of The Doors, an Argentine dictator, a Pakistani politician and an escapologist
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Matthew Bannister on Ray Manzarek - the keyboard player who teamed up with Jim Morrison to found the Doors. General Jorge Videla - the Argentinian dictator who presided over the disappearance of thirty thousand people - but never expressed remorse. Hans Moretti, the magician and escapologist famous for his death-defying stunts on the Paul Daniels Magic Show. Paul pays tribute. Zahra Shahid Hussain - a leading figure in Imran Khan's PTI political party in Pakistan - who was shot dead outside her home in Karachi. And Eddie Braben - the comedy writer whose scripts made Morecambe and Wise a national institution. We have tributes from Ken Dodd and Barry Cryer.
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