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Sat 03 Mar 2010Amateur artist, musician and traveller who undertook walks for charity
DEIRDRE HAMILTON:DEIRDRE HAMILTON, who has died aged 90, was a clerical worker and home-maker. In retirement she pursued her interest in the arts, helped to raise money for charity and travelled to the four corners of the Earth.
Born in Dublin in 1920, she was the youngest of five children of William Abraham ("Boss") Sinclair and his wife Frances (née Beckett). When she was a child the family moved to Kassel in Germany. She enjoyed her years there, but with the rise of Hitler it was no longer a safe place for a family headed by a Jewish father. In 1933 the Sinclairs returned to Ireland.
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