Recent necrology, June 2020

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Deirdre Bair, 1935-2020
  Biographer of Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Al Capone

• Bruce Jay Friedman, 1930-2020
  Darkly comic US writer behind the film Stir Crazy

• Garth Gilmour, 1925-2020
  New Zealand author who was a key figure in the jogging boom

• Ida Haendel, 1928-2020
  Polish born English violinist who was a child prodigy and had a career spanning more than seven decades

• Ian Holm, 1931-2020
  Gifted English actor whose many films included The Lord of the Rings

• Vera Lynn, 1917-2020
  English singer, songwriter, and entertainer

• Johnny Mandel, 1925-2020
  American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz

• Jane Parker-Smith, 1950-2020
  British classical organist

• Carl Reiner, 1922-2020
  American actor, comedian, director, screenwriter

• Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 1964-2020
  Spanish novelist best known for his La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind)

• Joel Schumacher, 1939-2020
  Eclectic film maker who ranged from blockbusters to low-budget thrillers

• Krystine Tomaszyk, 1932-2020
  Polish deportee, community social worker, author