Recent necrology, May 2023

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Martin Amis, 1949-2023
  English novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter

• Grace Bumbry, 1937-2023
  African American opera singer

• Rolf Harris, 1930-2023
  Disgraced Australian entertainer, musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality

• Kevin Ireland, 1933-3023
  New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist

• Harold Kushner, 1935-2023
  Rabbi and author who became a spiritual counsellor to millions

• Menahem Pressler, 1923-2023
  German-born Israeli-American pianist and academic teacher

• Ray Stevenson, 1964-2023
  Northern Irish RRR, Thor and Star Wars actor

• Tina Turner, 1939-2023
  American-born and naturalized Swiss singer, dancer, actress and author