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Andy Gray in Edinburgh when he appeared in The Hypochondriak at the Lyceum in 2000

Obituary: Andy Gray, Scots actor who became panto legend
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Obituary: Eleanor Wadsworth,  ‘Attagirl’ who flew fighter planes during Second W...
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Obituary: Robin MacCormick, Scottish solicitor, and writer to the Signet
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Philip Tartaglia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow
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Obituary: John Duncanson, broadcaster who anchored Grampian TV's North Tonight f...
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Obituary: Frank Wright,  Scottish pioneer in computational biology techniques
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Obituary: Michael Apted, British director of James Bond and Seven-Up
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Obituary: Jim Haynes, co-founder of Scotland's visionary Traverse Theatre
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Obituary: John Webster, Scottish mechanic, soldier and daredevil
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Obituary: Dave Prowse, British actor who was under Darth Vader's mask
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Obituary: Albert Roux, trailblazer for gastronomy in the UK
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Obituary: Joan Davidson, Scot who sparked interest in science in thousands of ch...
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Obituary: David Dundas Wood, respected Scottish solicitor
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Obituary: Tommy Docherty, former Scotland and Manchester United boss
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Obituary: George Blake, Cold War double agent
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Obituary: Pierre Cardin, avant-garde European fashion designer
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Obituary: Margaret Grant, Scot who founded Brittle Bone Society
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Obituary: Stella Tennant, supermodel with aristocratic Scottish roots
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Obituary: Jim McLean, legendary Dundee United manager
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Obituary: Rosalind Knight, British actress known for St Trinian's films
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Obituary: Alanna Knight, novelist who worked in multiple genres
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Obituary: Marjory Dougal, respected Edinburgh Youth Orchestra administrator
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Obituary: Ronnie Rusack,  publican dedicated to the revival of Scotland’s canals...
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Obituary: Angus Macpherson, Scottish civil servant
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Obituary: Otto Hutter, Austrian-born scientist who demonstrated how heartbeat wo...
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Obituary: Bobby Wishart, Scots footballer who won First Division Championships w...
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Obituary: Graham Forbes, farmer and businessman
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Obituary: Bryan Cooney, Scottish sports journalist
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Obituary: Lockhart Frain-Bell, Consultant Radiologist and Burma Campaign veteran
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Obituary: Loren Hufstetler, engineer, businessman and philanthropist
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Obituary: John le Carré, author whose Cold War spy thrillers made him a househol...
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Obituary: Mary Hartnoll,  director of social work and first chair of the Care Co...
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Obituary: Dame Barbara Windsor,  beloved actress famous for roles in Carry On fi...
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Obituary: Bob Tollervey, talented rugby player who served Heriots FP with distin...
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Obituary: Jimmy Ratter,  tropical botanist devoted to the study of Brazil’s cerr...
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Obituary: Peter Alliss, colourful and sometimes controversial voice of golf
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Obituary: Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer
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Obituary: Buff Hardie, Scottish entertainer known for Scotland the What!
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Obituary: John Arbuckle, Scottish potato and raspberry farmer
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Obituary: John Fraser
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Obituary: Campbell Forsyth, Scotland international goalkeeper
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Obituary: Jim Townsend, Scottish footballer
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Obituary: Graham Speirs, first chief executive of the Convention of Scottish Loc...
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Obituary: David Gracie, Scottish amateur athlete and veterinary surgeon
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Obituary: Hugh Simpson, explorer and pioneer of breast cancer research
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Obituary: Akki Manson, Scots farmer who championed agricultural cooperation
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Obituary: Doug Edmunds, world caber tossing champion and businessman
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Obituary: James Williams, Scot who became a respected virologist in the US
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Obituary: Des O'Connor, British singer and TV presenter
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Obituary: Tom McClung, former Scotland international rugby player
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Obituary: Bill Jamieson, Scotsman journalist of rare intelligence and wit
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Obituary: James Rust, partner in Scottish law firm Morton Fraser
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Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer, star of Butterflies and As Time Goes By
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Obituary: David Player, Scottish physician and public health pioneer
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Obituary: Brian Henderson, former Scotland rugby internationalist
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Obituary: Jim Currie, engineer and skier
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Obituary: Helen Cargill Thompson, librarian and art collector
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Obituary: Tom Fidelo, American actor turned Edinburgh art dealer
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Obituary: Graham Stewart, Scottish silversmith whose work graces Holyrood parlia...
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Obituary: Jerry Jeff Walker, the man who wrote Mr Bojangles
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Remembering Scots born actor John Sessions
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Obituary: Lawrie Mitchell, globetrotting doctor who followed in footsteps of Mar...
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Obituary: Rhonda Fleming, Hollywood's 'Queen of Technicolor'
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Obituary: Kevin McCarra, Scottish football writer
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Obituary: The Sean Connery I knew
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From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond
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Obituary: Colin Davidson, professor of electrical engineering
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Obituary: Pat McCluskey
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Obituary: David Scarth Ritchie, scientific instrument designer
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Obituary: Christopher Davies, leading light of Colinton Village
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Obituary: Doreen Leighton Ward, dancer and Scotsman legend
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Obituary: Margaret Salter, Scottish child development expert
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Obituary: the Rev Alistair McGregor QC, lawyer turned churchman
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Obituary: Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
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Obituary: Gordon Hendry CBE, Scottish Office civil servant
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Obituary: Margaret Nolan, actress who gave world iconic Goldfinger image
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