Recent necrology, July 2016

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Sally Beauman, 1944-2016
  Author best known for her glamorous and racy romantic novel Destiny

• Abbas Kiarostami, 1940-2016
  Iranian producer and director, screen writer, photographer

• Tim LaHaye, 1926-2016
  Christian fundamentalist ‘rapture’ theologian

• Garry Marshall, 1934-2016
  Writer, producer and director, creator of Happy Days

• Ian McDonald, 1937-2016
  New Zealand composer of avant-garde, electronic and computer music

• Robert Nye, 1939-2016
  Novelist who wanted to be remembered for his poetry

• Elie Wiesel, 1928-2016
  Romanian-born American Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate

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