Recent necrology, November 2014

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Acker Bilk, 1929-2014
  Bowler-hatted titan of trad jazz who conjured a warm, sentimental sound from his clarinet

• Maggie Boyle, 1956-2014
  English-born Irish folk musician who collaborated with Van Morrison and went on tour with the Chieftains

• Arthur Butterworth, 1923-2014
  English composer, conductor and teacher

• Warren Clarke, 1947-2014
  Actor who made his name as the pugnacious, politically incorrect policeman Andy Dalziel

• Harry Evison, 1924-2014
  New Zealand historian specialising in Māori and colonial history

• John Holt, 1947-2014
  Jamaican reggae star who scored hits in the British charts and performed with the Royal Philharmonic

• P. D. James, 1920-2014
  Queen of Crime who delighted millions with her poet-sleuth Adam Dalgliesh and wrote a sequel to Pride and Prejudice

• E. B. Lock, 1932-2014
  Author and former editor of The Press

• Mike Nichols, 1931-2014
  Prolific film and theatre director whose Oscar-winning movie The graduate was a cinematic landmark of the 1960s

• Richard Pasco, 1926-2014
  Classical actor who famously alternated the roles of Richard II and Bolingbroke with Ian Richardson