• Actor who worked hard to make it as a star

  Roy Scheider:   The tall, lean, ascetic-looking Roy Scheider, who has died aged 75 of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, had to work long and hard before making it as a movie star in his own right - emerging from the shadow of Gene Hackman (The French Connection, 1971), Dustin Hoffman (Marathon Man, 1976) and Bruce, the white shark (Jaws, 1975), having played second fiddle to all of them. p
  

• Scientist who persuaded the world to take climate change seriously

  Bert Bolin: Bert Bolin, who died recently aged 82, was a world-renowned meteorologist with the political and diplomatic skills to persuade the world to take the threat of climate change seriously. p
  

• Spirited public servant who opted for career in law ahead of politics

  Judge Patrick Brennan:   Judge Patrick Brennan, who has died aged 82, was gifted with a tremendous sense of humour, a great knowledge of the law and innate decency. p
  

• Singer and bandleader whose Las Vegas show had dramatic effect on Elvis Presley

  Freddie Bell:   Early in 1956, Elvis Presley was booked to make his debut in Las Vegas. It was then that he saw the Philadelphia-born Italian-American Freddie Bell, who was playing the lounge of the Sands casino-hotel. p
  

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