sclerosis (Motor Neurone disease), which had been diagnosed only a few weeks earlier. Sadie married twice. His first wife, Adèle Sadie (née Bloom; 1931–1978) – whom he married in 1953 in London, and with whom he had two sons and a daughter – died in 1978. Sadie married Julie Anne Sadie (née Vertrees; born 1948), also a musicologist, in 1978. They had a son and a daughter. Honours In 1982, Sadie was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). He received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester in 1982, and was elected honorary fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1994 and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 2005, Sadie became a Handel Prize laureate. Professional affiliations American Musicological Society, corresponding member, 1996 Royal Musical Association, president 1989–1984 The Critics' Circle International Musicological Society, president 1992–1997 External links and resources Stanley Sadie Archive Project, Cambridge University Library References External links The Grove dictionary online The Times obituary Obituary by Alison Latham, The Guardian, 24 March 2005 Interview with Stanley Sadie, 29 October 1992 1930 births 2005 deaths People educated at St Paul's School, London Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Mozart scholars Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Neurological disease deaths in England Deaths from motor neuron disease International Musicological Society presidents The Times people Opera critics English biographers English male non-fiction writers 20th-century English writers 21st-century English writers Academics of Trinity College of Music Financial Times people English music critics Classical music critics 20th-century biographers Handel Prize winners 20th-century British musicologists The Musical Times editors