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Great cricketer, great man.
R.I.P.

Subject of one of Private Eye's best covers.

Queen, being introduced to B D'O at the time of the apartheid regime's refusal to allow him to tour with the English team, says 'I hear you've been black-balled, Mr D'Oliveira.' 'Yes, ma'am, all my life.'

Saw the old boy at the recent England India Test matches and he seemed to look ok, his age but ok. Shame, he was a really good bloke and a damned good cricketer. SA's loss was our gain.