Recent necrology, August 2022

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Raymond Briggs, 1934-2022
  British illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author

• Joseph Delaney, 1945-2022
  English author, known for his dark fantasy series Spook's

• Judith Durham, 1943-2022
  Australian singer, songwriter and musician, lead singer of The Seekers

• Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-2022
  Russian and Soviet politician, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union

• Olivia Newton-John, 1948-2022
  British-Australian singer, actress, and activist

• Wolfgang Petersen, 1941-2022
  German film director, producer and screenwriter

• Margaret Urlich, 1965-2022
  Australian based New Zealand singer formerly of kiwi bands Peking Man and When the cat's away.

• Miles Warren, 1929-2022
  Legendary architect behind some of New Zealand's most well-known buildings. Browse our page on Sir Miles