Recent necrology, May 2020

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Michael Angelis, 1952-2020
  English actor, best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Black Stuff

• Gabriel Bacquier, 1924-2020
  French baritone, star of Covent Garden and Glyndebourne

• Owen Barron, 1928-2020
  Christchurch author

• Christo, 1935-2020
  Conceptual artist who wrapped the Reichstag

• Leonard David Brian Heenan, 1938-2020
  One of the leading commentators on population change in New Zealand

• Little Richard, 1932-2020
  American singer, songwriter and musician, nicknamed The Architect of Rock and Roll

• Kirsty McLeod, 1947-2020
  Author, columnist, gardener and traveller

• Michel Piccoli, 1925-2020
  French actor who worked with all the great continental directors

• Ian Whitcomb, 1941-2020
  English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor

• Fred Willard, 1939-2020
  American actor, comedian and writer