Recent necrology, May 2016

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Some well-known people who have died recently

  • Cover of A World History of ArtGeoffrey Godden, 1929-2016
    Porcelain expert, author, historian, collector and dealer
  • Wendy Leigh, died 2016
    Best-selling biographer of David Bowie and JFK
  • Elsie Morison, 1924-2016
    Australian soprano who enjoyed great success at Sadler’s Wells, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne and the Proms

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