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Radio 4,09 Jan 2015,28 mins

Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

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Matthew Bannister on The French cartoonists Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski who were among the twelve people who died when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The German born actress Luise Rainer who won two Oscars, but ended her Hollywood career when she fell out with the movie mogul Louis B Mayer. Edward Brooke who was the first African American to be elected to the US senate. And Chip Young, the session guitarist and producer who played on hits for Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton and many more.

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