David Coleman David Coleman David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and TV presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six football World Cups. Coleman presented some of the BBC's leading sporting programmes, including "Grandstand" and "Sportsnight", and was the host of "A Question of Sport" for 18 years. He retired from the BBC in 2000. Later that year he became the first broadcaster to receive the Olympic Order award, in recognition of his contribution to the Olympic movement. Born
David Barker (epidemiologist) three sons and two daughters, and secondly to Jan. David Barker (epidemiologist) David James Purslove Barker CBE (29 June 1938 – 27 August 2013) was an English physician and epidemiologist and originator of the Barker Hypothesis that foetal and early infant conditions have a permanent conditioning effect on the body's metabolism and chronic conditions later in life. He was born in London the son of Hugh Barker, an engineer, and Joye, a concert cellist. At Oundle school, he developed an interest in Natural History and was given special access to the biology classrooms to study his finds. The Natural History