Recent necrology, December 2016

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Richard Adams, 1920-2016
  English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down.
  Read Old friends, old friends, sat on a bench like bookends…, Jo's tribute to Richard Adams and the world of Watership Down.

• Michele Amas, 1961-2016
  Prominent Wellington actress and poet

• E. R. Braithwaite, 1912-2016
  Guyanese-born United States novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat

• William Christopher, 1932-2016
  American actor best known for playing Father Mulcahy in M*A*S*H

• Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016
  American actress, writer, producer and humorist best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series

• Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016
  Hungarian-American actress and socialite

• John Glenn, 1921-2016
  American aviator, engineer, astronaut and senator

• George Michael, 1963-2016
  English singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame as a member of Wham!

• Russell Oberlin, 1928-2016
  American countertenor who became a leading light in the early music movement

• Debbie Reynolds, 1932-2016
  American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian and humanitarian

• Patricia Robins, 1921-2016
  Romantic novelist and former wartime ‘Filter Room’ girl who also wrote historical fiction under the pseudonym Claire Lorrimer

• Heinrich Schiff, 1951-2016
  Austrian cellist and conductor

• Peter Vaughan, 1923-2016
  English character actor

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