Recent necrology, March 2025

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Gordon H. Brown, 1931-2025
  New Zealand art historian, curator and artist

• Richard Chamberlain, 1934-2025
  American actor and singer

• George Foreman, 1949-2025
  American professional boxer, businessman, minister and author

• Athol Fugard, 1932-2025
  South African playwright

• Oleg Gordievsky, 1938-2025
  KGB officer and double spy

• Johnny Green, 1949-2025
  Member and tour manager of The Clash. Read interviews and reviews about The Clash on Rock's Backpages

• Sofia Gubaidulina, 1931-2025
  Tatar-Russian composer of modernist sacred music

• Brian James, 1955-2025
  English punk rock guitarist of The Damned. Read interviews and reviews about The Damned on Rock's Backpages

• Selwyn Raab, 1934-2025
  American investigative journalist

• Lisa J. Smith, 1958-2025
  American author of young adult fiction

• Philip Tew, 1949-2025
  Former Fiction Specialist at Christchurch City Libraries

• Jack Vettriano, 1951-2025
  Scottish painter

• Alex Wheatle, 1963-2025
  English novelist, sentenced to imprisonment after taking part in the 1981 Brixton riots