I got to dance in a gala evening honoring Arthur Mitchell while he was still here.

Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet, has died aged 84.

Arthur Mitchell, Edward Villella, Gelsey Kirkland--ballet superstars all.

The dancers include: Louis XIV, John Durang, Marie Taglioni, William Henry 'Juba' Lane, Anna Pavlova, Rudolf Laban, Doris Humphrey, Michio Ito, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pearl Primus, Amalia Hernandez, and Arthur Mitchell. Of special note is that each individual chapter includes "Create a Dance" giving young readers the opportunity to dance themselves based on each dancer's style.

She accepted a contract with a ground-breaking company in New York - Dance Theatre Harlem - set up by America's first black ballet dancer, Arthur Mitchell.

Yellow 1.8km: 1 Arthur Mitchell (M10, Harlequins) 25-30, 2 Emma Grier (W14) 27-08, 3 Joe Quinney (M12) 32-38.

She was predeceased by her brother, Arthur Mitchell. She was born in Southbridge the daughter of Ralph and Kleanthi (Marango) Mitchell.

Yorkshire is synonymous with some of the greatest names ever to grace a cricket field, and there are significant entries summarising the career and feats of players like Arthur Mitchell, Hedley Verity, Len Hutton and Fred Trueman as well as a whole section on Huddersfield League club Lascelles Hall, who at one time were prodigious in supplying cricketers to the county club.

The big question as we head into the end game is whether Dexter will regret not slicing and dicing Arthur Mitchell when he had the chance, instead of using him as a research project into the minds of serial killers.

SPORTING HISTORY: Young cricketer Doug Merryweather, far left, with Yorkshire cricket coach Arthur Mitchell, and, above right, bowls star Aline celebrates silverware success with Thornaby Bowls Club