Legacy Matters

Telegraph obits

From the London Telegraph come the best obituaries in the world

Jack Edwards,
Former PoW who campaigned on behalf of ex-servicemen and their widows in the Far East.

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Queen of the Maori people who reigned for 40 years and earned the admiration of the Prince of Wales.

Rufus Harley
Musician who introduced the bagpipes to jazz and played with Dizzy Gillespie, Coltrane and Sonny Rollins

Lord Kilbracken
Peer who escorted Jayne Mansfield, gatecrashed Red Square and was Ephraim Hardcastle.