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What’s New, April 2024
In the latest update, we include the biographies of 276 people who died in 2020 and left their mark on UK national life, including Vera Lynn, Sean Connery, and John Le Carré.
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Maughan, Margaret Gardner (1928–2020)
Paralysed from the waist down, Margaret Maughan was the first British paralympic gold medallist, winning gold medals in four different sports: archery, swimming, pairs dartchery, and lawn bowls.
