Recent necrology, October 2019

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Harold Bloom, 1930-2019
  American author and literary critic

• Ian Cross, 1925-2019
  New Zealand novelist, journalist and administrator

• Robert Evans, 1930-2019
  American film producer and studio boss

• Raymond Leppard, 1927-2019
  Conductor and harpsichordist who did much to attract audiences to Italian baroque opera

• Angus Macleod, 1926-2019
  Scottish born clergyman and writer who was minister at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church for 13 years

• Stephen Moore, 1937-2019
  Actor who played the glum android Marvin in The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy

• Alan Pearson, 1929-2019
  Expressionist painter and portraitist, born in Liverpool, lived at times in Christchurch

• Anna Quayle, 1932-2019
  Quirky English actress

• Nick Tosches, 1949-2019
  Fiery music writer and biographer