Some well-known people who have died recently
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Carlo Bergonzi, 1924-2014
Opera singer whose glorious style, phrasing and tone made him the epitome of Italian vocal art
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Richard Bolt, 1923-2014
‘Father of the NZ Air Force’
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James Garner, 1928-2014
Actor who breathed new life into the Western genre and excelled as the hero of the Rockford Files
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Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Masterly liberal South African novelist who chronicled her country’s journey from apartheid to troubled democracy
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Charlie Haden, 1937-2014
Double bass player who drew on his country music roots to master a bewildering range of jazz styles
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Anthony Hobson, 1921-2014
Bibliophile and scholar aesthete who won the admiration of Cyril Connolly
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Glenn Jowitt, 1955-2014
NZ photographer and author
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John Leach, 1931-2014
Composer and cimbalom player who helped create the jarring ‘sound’ of the Cold War for The Ipcress File
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Ray Lonnen, 1940-2014
Actor whose TV career spanned 50 years and who was best known for his role as an undercover agent in Ulster
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Lorin Maazel, 1930-2014
Conductor who ranged across the classical repertoire and became the first American and the first Jew in the postwar period to conduct at Bayreuth
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Johnny Winter, 1944-2014
Blues guitarist who played at Woodstock and formed a fruitful partnership with Muddy Waters
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Louis Zamperini, 1917-2014
American Olympian and airman whose extraordinary tale of endurance after being shot down was the subject of the bestselling book Unbroken
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