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Some well-known people who have died recently Carlo Bergonzi, 1924-2014 Opera singer whose glorious style, phrasing and tone made him the epitome of Italian vocal art Richard Bolt, 1923-2014 ‘Father of the NZ Air Force’ James Garner, 1928-2014 Actor who breathed new life into the Western genre and excelled as the hero of the Rockford…

Some well-known people who have died recently Gerard Benson, 1931-2014 Poet who brought Hardy and Milton, Auden and Yeats to the London Underground Patsy Byrne, 1933-2014 Actress with the RSC who later played the dim-witted Nursie in Blackadder Felix Dennis, 1947-2014 Hedonistic publisher behind Oz and The Week who dreamed of being a great poet…

Some well-known people who have died recently Maya Angelou, 1928-2014 American poet, novelist and civil rights activist Jack Brabham, 1926-2014 Driver with an engineering flair who was the first man to win the Formula 1 title in a car of his own making Lorraine Cohen, 1943-2014 Woman at the centre of an infamous international drug…

Some well-known people who have died recently: Rubin Carter, 1937-2014 Boxer wrongly convicted of murder who found Bob Marley fighting his corner Alan Davie, 1920-2014 Artist who won the admiration of Rothko and Pollock and later embraced ‘magic symbolism’ Bob Hoskins, 1942-2014 Actor who excelled as the tough but engaging anti-hero of Mona Lisa and…

Some well-known people who have died recently: Tony Benn, 1925-2014 British Labour Party politician, orator, campaigner and diarist, recognisable by his pipe, tape recorder and outsized mug Clarissa Dickson Wright, 1947-2014 Bombastic, outspoken lawyer who was brought to her knees by riches and alcoholism then rose again as a cook on Two Fat Ladies Ann…