Some well-known people who have died recently
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Dannie Abse, 1923-2014
Welsh poet
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Lauren Bacall, 1924-2014
American actress
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Frans Bruggen, 1934-2014
Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist
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Mary Cadogan, 1928-2014
English author who wrote on popular and children’s fiction
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Jan Ekier, 1913-2014
Polish pianist
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Christopher Hogwood, 1941-2014
English conductor, harpsichordist and musicologist
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Graham Joyce, 1954-2014
British writer of speculative fiction
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Bill Kerr, 1922-2014
Australian actor and comedian
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Candida Lycett Green, 1942-2014
British author and TV documentary writer
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Madga Olivero, 1910-2014
Italian operatic soprano
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John Ritchie, 1921-2014
Music educator, composer and conductor, ‘father’ of Christchurch music
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Joan Rivers, 1937-2014
American actress, comedian, writer and TV host
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Peter Sculthorpe, 1929-2014
Australian composer
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David St John Thomas, 1929-2014
English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles publishing house
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Robin Williams, 1951-2014
American actor and comedian
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Sandy Wilson, 1924-2014
English composer and lyricist
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Eoin Young, 1939-2014
New Zealand motoring journalist
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