Recent necrology, December 2023

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Andre Braugher, 1962-2023
  American actor, best known for his roles in the police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine

• Peter Bush, 1930-2023
  New Zealand sports photographer

• Brigit Forsyth, 1940-2023
  Scottish actress best known for her roles in the BBC comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

• Richard Kimber Franklin, 1936-2023
  English actor, writer, director and political activist

• Michael Hardie Boys, 1931-2023
  New Zealand jurist, judge and Governor-General

• Brian Law, 1943-2023
  London-born organist and conductor, formerly of Christchurch City Choir and Christ Church Cathedral Choir

• John Pilger, 1939-2023
  Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker

• John Greville Agard Pocock, 1924-2023
  New Zealand historian of political thought

• Renée, 1929-2023
  New Zealand feminist writer and playwright

• John Weir, 1935-2023
  New Zealand Catholic priest, poet, scholar and editor of James K. Baxter’s works

• Tom Wilkinson, 1948-2023
  English stage and screen character actor

• Benjamin Zephaniah, 1958-2023
  English writer and dub poet