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  Marcel Stellman, lyricist and record company executive who brought Countdown to Britain – obituary

  Marcel Stellman, who has died aged 96, was a record company producer and executive, and a lyricist who wrote for artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavour and Tony Bennett; but his lasting claim to fame in the UK is his role in importing the quiz show Countdown, which has dominated afternoon television since 1982. Des Chiffres et des Lettres (“Numbers and Letters”) had been a staple on French television since 1965. In the early 1980s Stellman, thinking it might travel

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  Marcel Stellman obituary

  Marcel Stellman obituary. Record producer and lyricist known for Tulips from Amsterdam who bought the TV show Countdown to the UK

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  Countdown creator Marcel Stellman dies aged 96

  Marcel Stellman, the creator of long-running gameshow Countdown, has died aged 96. Belgian-born Stellman was also a record producer and lyricist who wrote songs for stars including Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavour, The Shadows and Tony Bennett. A statement from his family said: "The death has been announced on May 2 of Marcel Stellman, 96, former record executive with Decca Records, a prolific song lyricist whose hits included Tulips From Amsterdam and the man who brought the Countd

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  Marcel Stellman, creator of daytime TV classic Countdown, dies aged 96

  Marcel Stellman, creator of daytime TV classic Countdown, dies aged 96Carol Vorderman leads tributes to the composer and TV producer known as Mr Countdown He created a TV juggernaut ... Marcel Stellman. Photograph: Stephen Pover/REX/Shutterstock

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  Sting review, Duets: Compilation album is a generous reminder of The Police star’s incalculable range

  Album is a welcome opportunity to revisit Sting’s lengthy collaborative CV

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  Herbert Kretzmer: Les Misérables lyricist dies aged 95

  Writer was described as ‘a giant of his trade’

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  Herbert Kretzmer obituary

  Herbert Kretzmer obituaryJournalist who found fame and fortune when he wrote the English lyrics for Les Misérables

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  Les Misérables lyricist Herbert Kretzmer dies aged 95

  Les Misérables lyricist Herbert Kretzmer dies aged 95Former journalist penned English lyrics to the megahit musical and wrote songs including Aznavour’s She

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  Masculinities review: men laid bare from boardroom to battlefield

  Masculinities review: men laid bare from boardroom to battlefield. Barbican, LondonFrom Taliban fighters in kohl and Hollywood Nazis to the bones of Masahisa Fukase’s late father, this timely show of photography shows maleness at its most touching, tragic and extreme

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  Buck Henry obituary

  Buck Henry obituaryActor and screenwriter who was one of the architects of American comedy

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