Professor Sir Hugh Laddie, who died on November 29 aged 62, caused a sensation in legal circles in 2005 when he resigned as a high court judge saying the job was "unstimulating"; instead he joined a firm of solicitors specialising in intellectual property law.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3546410/Professor-Sir-Hugh-Laddie.htmlRobert Tronson, who died on November 27 aged 84, was a television director with dozens of popular programmes to his credit, including Rumpole of the Bailey and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
He also directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, Public Enemy, Callan, The Baron, Randall And Hopkirk Deceased, Bergerac, Boon and Dempsey and Makepeace.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3546275/Robert-Tronson.htmlOdetta, who died on December 2 aged 77, was one of the most influential singers to emerge during the renaissance of American folk music in the 1950s.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3545313/Odetta.htmlOtto Spoerri, former controller of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was born on September 25, 1933. He died on November 29, 2008, aged 75
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