• Upfront creator of private eye tough guy Mike Hammer

  Mickey Spillane: Mickey Spillane, whose Mike Hammer private eye novels generated a post-second World War storm of literary criticism for their level of sex and violence, and made Spillane one of the best-selling authors of the 20th century, died last Monday, aged 88, at his home of more than 50 years in the South Carolina coastal fishing village of Murrells Inlet. p
  

• Ex-Master of the High Court and champion cricketer

  Harry Hill: Harry Hill, who died on July 3rd, 2006, served with distinction as Master of the High Court from 1984 to 2001. A native of Dublin, he was the second son of Harry Hill, an engineer, and his wife Ann Glennon. He attended the Christian Brothers school in Westland Row in Dublin, studied law in King's Inns, and became a senior counsel in 1978. p
  

• Writer and student of west Limerick history

  Mainch í n Seoighe: Mainchín Seoighe, who has died aged 85, was a local government official with a lifelong dedication to the history of his native west Limerick. p
  

• Pol Pot's enforcer linked to 1.7m deaths

  Ta Mok: Ta Mok, the nom de guerre of a Khmer Rouge leader who played a key role in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s, died yesterday in a Phnom Penh military hospital, where he awaited trial on genocide charges. p
  

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