Recent necrology, October 2015

Some well-known people who have died recently

• David Cesarani, 1956-2015
  Holocaust historian who wrote an acclaimed study of Eichmann

• Brian Friel, 1929-2015
  Prolific dramatist celebrated as the Irish Chekhov for plays such as Dancing at Lughnasa

• Denis Healey, 1917-2015
  Formidable Labour minister and political bruiser who combined a fierce intellect with uncompromising outspokenness

• Lisa Jardine, 1944-2015
  Historian and broadcaster whose intellectual curiosity straddled the arts and sciences from the Renaissance to human fertilisation

• Henning Mankell, 1948-2015
  Swedish crime writer and activist whose lugubrious detective Kurt Wallender personified Nordic noir

• Pauline Neville, 1924-2015
  Author who chronicled her childhood between the wars and sent books to Vaclav Havel in prison

• Maureen O’Hara, 1920-2015
  Actress who enjoyed a fiery screen partnership with John Wayne during Hollywood’s golden age

• Diana Pullein-Thompson, 1925-2015
  One of a trio of horse-mad sisters whose name became synonymous with children’s pony books

• Christopher Tambling, 1964-2015
  Director of music who adapted Shine, Jesus, Shine for the organ

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