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DAVID Hayward (80) lived locally all his life, and in Linton for 56 years. Originally from Sissinghurst, he began his working life at Cranbrook


Engineering before moving to work for Alan Firmin in 1964. He retired from his estate maintenance role after being with the rm for over 40 years.


David was married to Jean for 56 years


and was father to Amanda and Tim. Amanda said: “Dad was known for speaking his mind and would frequently offer his opinion on how best to do things. He was kind, thoughtful and always wanting to help. ‘Once met never forgotten’ summarises him perfectly.” David leaves his wife and children.


Bob Golinski


BOB Golinski (60) grew up locally and attended Maidstone Grammar School before embarking on a life that included the Iron Curtain and a career as a barrister. As a member of the band the Golinski Brothers, Bob earned praise from


legendary DJ John Peel.


Through contacts in the Labour Party, Bob became involved in smuggling political


literature into Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Working for Camden Council, he undertook advocacy duties with the union NALGO. He earned a degree in modern studies and law in 1989 and became a barrister in Manchester, specialising in social justice.


Bob combined his legal career with sporadic reunions of the Golinski Brothers and punk rock band Red Corner, who performed to raise funds for cancer charities. Bob leaves his partner, Jane, and daughters Ellie and Fran.


Philip Lee


CLASSICAL violinist Philip Lee (78), who lived in the Postley Road area from 2004, was well-known for his association with Maidstone


Symphony Orchestra. Brought up in


Northeet, Philip decided on a life as a professional musician at the age of seven. After attending the Royal College of Music, he worked at the Royal Opera House in Covent


Garden and then the Sadlers Wells Theatre. He then spent 37 years as part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Philip was married to Jill, a member of the BBC Symphony Chorus, for 42 years. She said: “Philip’s was a life lived through music. His work was the thing he most loved. He led the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra for ve years. “His only other real love was


birdwatching – his perfect pitch enabled him to identify different bird calls. He was the kindest, gentlest and most trusting person, and my best friend.”


Maidstone Symphony conductor Brian Wright added: “In 2004, Philip told me he’d retired from the BBC and asked to join us. He was an indispensable musician, an irrepressible character with a wonderful fund of stories.” Philip leaves his wife, sisters Rita and Una, and his nephews.


Robert Fisk


ROBERT Fisk (74), who died of a stroke in Dublin, was an award-winning journalist famous for his years as a war reporter and his writing on conict zones such as the Middle East.


Born in Maidstone in 1945, the son of William “Bill” Fisk, who served as Borough Treasurer, he attended Sutton Valence School and started his


journalistic career on the Sunday Express before coming to prominence at The Times, where his coverage of the conict in Northern Ireland drew praise. From the mid-seventies he was based mainly in Beirut. The Independent newspaper recruited him in 1989. He earned a worldwide reputation and was named the Press Awards’ Foreign Correspondent of the Year seven times. Fisk’s father fought in WWI and was disciplined for disobeying an order to execute a fellow soldier – an act that Robert Fisk would later say was the one thing he would have done exactly as his father had. His understanding of the politics of the Middle East often led to notoriety. His critical assessments of the US, Israel and Western policy in the region were sometimes rebuffed by politicians and other journalists.


Fisk wrote a series of highly-regarded books and, in 2005, the New York Times described him as “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”. He interviewed Osama Bin Laden three times. Latterly, he lived in Dublin and had become an Irish citizen.


Barry West


THE death in Maidstone in August of Barry West (40) drew belated national news coverage. West, who had been in a supported living facility in the town, was living under a protected identity and was the son of serial killers Fred and Rose West. His unhappy early


life was covered in books and


documentaries dealing with the lives and crimes of his


parents. He claimed that, aged seven, he saw his elder sister Heather killed by their parents. Barry was taken into care soon after starting his secondary education and was given a new identity which was protected by a court order.


The details made public after his death made it clear Barry struggled to nd stability throughout his adult life. A number of social media pages have paid tribute. Debbi Kelly said: “So awfully sad, praying he’s now in peace.”


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