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Radio 4,11 Jul 2014,28 mins

Alfredo Di Stefano, Eduard Shevardnadze, Ultra Violet, Chester Nez and Horace Silver

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Matthew Bannister on The Argentinian-born footballer Alfredo Di Stefano. Some say he was the greatest player of all time, leading Real Madrid to successive European Cup victories and scoring an amazing 800 goals. The former Soviet Foreign Secretary and Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. He was the leading ally of Mikhail Gorbachev in liberalising Russia's relations with the West. Also the artist Ultra Violet - one of Andy Warhol's Factory superstars. Chester Nez, one of the Navajo Indians used by the American military to create an unbreakable wartime code. Horace Silver, the influential jazz pianist, composer and bandleader. Julian Joseph pays tribute at the piano.

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