Influential Chinese ecologist who oversaw many large-scale initiatives dies aged 62

Overzealous attorney whose success in court led to his most famous client being labelled the ‘Teflon Don’

Stern-mannered businessman who also turned round Standard Chartered bank and lifted the insurer Royal and Sun Alliance out of the doldrums, dies aged 92

Designer and maker of ‘tortured ply’ racing boats whose skill was enlisted by a certain George Clooney, dies aged 88

One of the last survivors of the war-battered unit of B-17 bombers that flew deep over German territory, dies aged 103

Versatile artist and illustrator during a golden age of children’s literature, dies aged 90

Former first sea lord and chief of the naval staff who managed to maintain morale as he navigated defence cuts after the Cold War, dies aged 89

Farm worker turned vintner who built Breaky Bottom vineyard from scratch and made sparkling vintages his signature, dies aged 82

Longtime president of the Museum of Modern Art who said her excessive generosity was driven by guilt, dies aged 87

Hergéologist, as he called it, whose rivals claimed that his tight grip on the author’s legacy included blocking other biographies dies aged 81