A list of well-known people who have died recently:
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Gabriel Axel, 1918-2014
Danish director whose drama Babette’s Feast prefigured the modern fetish for food on film -
Mavis Gallant, 1922-2014
Canadian born writer whose sharply witty short stories explored post-war rootlessness and exile -
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014
Academy Award winner considered by many to be the greatest character actor of his time -
Alexander Ivashkin, 1948-2014
Russian cellist and musical ambassador who refused to follow the KGB’s score and held a post at the University of Canterbury in the 1990s -
Paco de Lucia, 1947-2014
Flamenco guitarist who embodied the genre’s proud traditions and took its music to the world -
Harold Ramis, 1944-2014
One of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers, famous for such movies as Caddychack, Ghostbusters, and Groundhog Day -
Shirley Temple, 1928-2014
Film’s most popular child star whose ringlets and dimples dazzled audiences and studios alike
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