Recent necrology, April 2017

Some well-known people who have died recently

• John Clarke, 1948-2017
  New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer and satirist whose alter ego was Fred Dagg. Read Fiona's farewell post to John Clarke

• Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017
  American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, director of The Silence of the Lambs

• Alan McRobie, 1936-2017
  Canterbury political scientist

• Tim Pigott-Smith, 1946-2017
  English film and television actor and author

• Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017
  Author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

• Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 1933-3017
  Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, editor, actor and director

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