... BARRIE PENNETT Ihe death ot Barne Pennett, journalist, theatre critic and actor, has been a great blow to West Yorkshire. I first met him 30 years ago when, as a teenager and before turning professional, I joined several local amateur operatic societies. He was already an established actor within the National Operatic and Dramatic Association community and his command ing presence and good ...

... CAROLYN JAMES Carolyn James, formerly known as Carolyn Parish, sadly died on October 23 after a courageous battle with motor neurone disease. Trained at the Elmhurst Ballet School, her first job in theatre was playing the role of Jane in a national tour of Salad Days. She then went into the West End in Bonne Soupe, which starred the ele gant Coral Browne, at the Comedy, and returned to the ...

... ELAINE BARON Known as the baroness, tiaine Baron collapsed and died in Australia on February 17. From the sixties onwards, she spent at least six months a year in London, working for agents and casting directors and occasionally taking full-time employment. But she preferred temporary assignments and to divide her time between her homeland and her adopted country. Tiny, elegant and always ...

... ERNEST LOUGH At the age of 15, Ernest Lough, who has died aged 88, made his famous recording of Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer, with its aria 0, For the Wings of a Dove. That was in March 1927, and six months later the wax master was so worn that Lough, a treble soloist with the choir of Temple Church, London, had to do it all over again. The recording had a remarkable effect on the public at ...

... Brian Rawlinson Respected actor Brian Raw linson died in his sleep on November 23 at his country home in Lyme Regis. Brian had been appearing at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, playing Sir Anthony Absolute in The Rivals. Brian's career encom passed theatre, television, film and radio as actor, writer and director. Trained at RADA (interrupted by a term of ser vice in Korea), he made well over ...

... JOHN BURY Sir George Christie, the president of Glyndeboume Productions, adds: John Bury had a long and distinguished association with Glyndeboume, designing ten productions for Peter Hall over 30 years there. His first designs for Glyndeboume were created for Cavalli's La Calisto in 1970 in which he re-created with ravishing effect the scenic language of the Baroque era, but with the ...

... WENDY TREWIN Unparalleled in ner Knowledge or London theatre both past and present, the critic, journalist and historian Wendy Trewin died suddenly of pneumonia on January 4, aged 84. She was bom in Plymouth in July 1915 and began work as a reporter for the Western Independent. London's oldest working critic, she cut an intrepid figure making her nightly way from Hampstead by public transport. ...

... BERNARD PRICE An all-round entertainer, Bernard Price, who died on February 11 at the age of 74, was head of the New Era Academy of Drama and Music for 30 years. For many years, he was also one of the late Jessie Matthews' closest confidantes, and appeared on stage with her several times. Bom in Surrey on March 25, 1925, he took an early interest in drama. In 1944, he was spotted by Sir Barry ...

... Jack Rossiier died on October 29, aged 90, in the nursing home in Lewes where he had lived for several years. All those who attended meetings and dinners of the Gallery First Nighters Club will know of his dedication to this organisation. His toasts to the principal guests were always carefully researched and scholarly, his love of good theatre was obvious, and his concern for the club was an ...

... Celebrated circus and theatre performer Bob Konyot was a survivor from one of Europe's oldest and most famous circus families, whose members were renowned as both artists and proprietors in their native Hungary and numerous other countries. His father, Alexander Konyot, worked with several leading outfits during a long career, including the American Barnum Bailey Circus. Born in Budapest, from ...

... , the chart- topping piano star and com poser with the matinee idol looks, dazzling smile and modest charm, has died at the age of 75. He had a warm sense of humour and was as courteous and charming in private life as he appeared on stage or TV. Despite a number of illnesses, the most challeng ing being stomach cancer, he always put up a brave and optimistic fight. It was after two operations ...

... PATRICK BEDFORD Dublin-born actor Patrick Bedford, known as Paddy, has died in New York, aged 67. He had been mainly living in that city since he went to Broadway with the Brian Friel play Philadelphia, Here I Come! in 1966. He started out as an amateur actor in the Father Matthew Hall and the Peacock Theatre, taking his first professional role in Hilton Edwards and Micheal MacLiammoir's ...