One of Britain's leading intellectuals, the sociologist and cultural theorist Stuart Hall, has died age 82.
Known as the "godfather of multiculturalism", Hall had a huge influence on academic, political and cultural debates for over six decades.
Hall had been suffering ill health for some time, and had retreated from public life.
Jamaican-born Hall was professor of sociology at the Open Universityfrom 1979 to 1997, topping off an academic career that began as a research fellow.
His impact was felt far outside the realms of academia. His writing on race, gender, sexuality and identity, and the links between racial prejudice and the media in the 1970s, was considered groundbreaking.