Some well-known people who have died recently
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John Avildsen, 1935-2017
Film director, best known for Rocky -
Michael Bond, 1926-2017
Prolific author of children’s stories and creator of Paddington Bear
Read Kate's post: Of marmalade, memories, and me: A tribute to Paddington Bear -
Helen Dunmore, 1952-2017
Versatile writer, one of Britain’s finest historical novelists
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John Freely, 1926-2017
Physicist and travel writer -
Peter Sallis, 1921-2017
English actor best known for appearing in The Last of the Summer Wine and also famous as the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit -
Jeffrey Tate, 1943-2017
English conductor, born with spina bifida, who had been principal conductor at Covent Garden, Rotterdam Philharmonic, San Carlo in Naples and Hamburg Symphony
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