Last Word - Marcus Klingberg, William McIlvanney, Setsuko Hara, Joel Elkes and John Peel
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The Israeli chemical weapons expert Marcus Klingberg, who was revealed to have been spying for the Soviet Union.
The Scottish writer William McIlvanney, best known for his Jack Laidlaw crime novels. Val McDermid pays tribute.
Setsuko Hara, one of Japan's most popular film actresses.
Joel Elkes, the pharmacologist who pioneered the use of drugs to treat schizophrenia.
And John Peel, the anthropologist who studied Nigeria's Yoruba people.
Published on Friday, 11th December 2015.
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