Record-breaking aviator and legendary surfer

Woody ‘Spider’ Brown, who has died aged 96, was a record-breaking aviator, built the first modern catamaran and will be remembered as a legendary surfer

Swiss chemist who invented LSD dies

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist best known for synthesising the hallucinogenic drug LSD, but who also discovered several breakthrough medicines has died aged 102

Sir Derek Higgs: City grandee and ardent motorcyclist

The author of a groundbreaking report on corporate governance in Britain’s boardrooms died suddenly aged 64 after a lifelong career in the City

Obituary: Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Lyttelton, the band leader, jazz trumpeter and voice of radio’s I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue, has died aged 86 after an operation

Heiress who found her heavyweight Gatsby

Mary Josephine Lauder Tunney, who has died aged 100, was a socialite and philanthropist. But, 80 years ago, she defied her social station and married a boxer

An MP who embodied traditional Labour values

Gwyneth Dunwoody, who died at the age of 77, was the longest-serving female MP and stood out as an honest campaigner who stuck to what she believed in

Hollywood epic cinema personified

The flair of Charlton Heston, who died aged 84, during Hollywood’s epic era was for seeming taller than life, nobler than screen rivals and uncannily suited to wearing period costume, writes Nigel Andrews

News at Ten founder blazed a trail

Sir Geoffrey Cox, who has died just short of his 98th birthday, set the style and content of television news throughout Britain and much of Europe

The man who ran The Beatles

Pioneering science fiction writer with a vision

Gifted director whose first love was writing

Subprime pioneer and Ameriquest founder dies

Fearless contrarian who was London’s Dr Doom

Patrician Tory devoted to serving the public

Sterling pioneer of recycled paper and California wine

Obituary: Holocaust survivor lived American dream

‘Jaws’ actor Roy Scheider dies

Obituary: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi