Recent necrology, March 2019

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Bill Culbert, 1935-2019
  Significant New Zealand artist, notable for his use of light in painting

• Keith Flint, 1969-2019
  Frontman for electronic dance group, the Prodigy.

• Michael Gielen, 1927-2019
  Austrian conductor and composer

• Peter Hurford, 1930-2019
  English organist who brought the pipe organ out of the Sunday service into the musical mainstream

• Rachel Ingalls, 1940-2019
  Author who remained obscure till her novella Mrs Caliban was rediscovered 35 years after its original publication

• Jacques Loussier, 1934-2019
  Composer and pianist whose jazz interpretations of Bach sold millions of albums

• Charles McCarry, 1930-2019
  American writer, primarily of spy fiction

• Luke Perry, 1966-2019
  American actor best known for his roles in Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale

• Derek Piggott, 1923-2019
  Record-breaking gliding instructor and stunt pilot who made Britain’s first human-powered flight

• John Richardson, 1924-2019
  Art historian and friend of Picasso

• Scott Walker, 1943-2019
  One of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of the 20th century