Recent necrology, August 2019

Some well-known people who have died recently:

• Hugh Brogan, 1936-2019
  British historian and biographer

• Terrance Dicks, 1935-2019
  Prolific novelist and script-editor who ushered in the psychedelic era of Doctor Who

• Felix Donnelly, 1929-2019
  New Zealand priest, writer, social activist, founder of Youthline

• Peter Fonda, 1939-2019
  Actor and producer whose best-known film was the counterculture Easy Rider

• Ray Henwood, 1937-2019
  Veteran Welsh-New Zealand actor

• Ningali Lawford-Wolf, 1967-2019
  Australian aboriginal actress whose role in Rabbit-proof fence reflected her own family history

• Brian Lochore, 1940-2019
  New Zealand Rugby Union player, coach and administrator

• Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
  Nobel Prize-winning African-American author. Read Andrew's post about Toni Morrison

• Barrington Pheloung, 1954-2019
  Composer best known for his haunting theme music to Inspector Morse

• Tahu Potiki, 1967-2019
  Former Ngāi Tahu CEO and author

• Karsten Schubert, 1961-2019
  Art dealer, gallerist and author