Recent necrology, March 2023

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Burt Bacharach, 1928-2023
  American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist

• Georgina Beyer, 1957-2023
  New Zealand and world’s first openly transgender mayor and MP

• Ron Brownson, 1952-2023
  New Zealand art curator and author

• Christopher Fowler, 1953-2023
  English thriller writer

• Hugh Hudson, 1936-2023
  English film director

• Mary Ronnie, 1926-2023
  Former Dunedin City Librarian, first woman in the world to be appointed a National Librarian

• Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1952-2023
  Japanese composer, record producer and actor

• Nancy Tichborne, 1942-2023
  New Zealand watercolour artist

• Raquel Welch, 1940-2023
  American actor

• Ans Westra, 1936-2023
  Dutch-born New Zealand photographer

• Virginia Zeani, 1925-2023
  Legendary Romanian soprano