Some well-known people who have died recently
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Rosanna Carteri, 1930-2020
Revered lyric soprano
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Sean Connery, 1930-2020
First actor to play James Bond on the big screen
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Conchata Ferrell, 1943-2020
American actress best known for playing Berta the housekeeper in the sitcom Two and a Half Men
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Robert Fisk, 1946-2020
Veteran UK journalist and writer
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Rhonda Fleming, 1922-2020
American leading lady of the forties and fifties
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Jeremy Montagu, 1927-2020
Ethnomusicologist, percussionist, avid collector and curator
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Jill Paton Walsh, 1937-2020
English novelist and children's writer
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John Reid, 1928-2020
New Zealand cricketing great
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Eddie Van Halen, 1957-2020
Virtuoso rock guitarist and founder of Van Halen group
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Aleksandr Vedernikov, 1964-2020
Russian conductor known for fast tempi and loud fortissimos
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Erin Wall, 1975-2020
Imaginative, versatile singing actress
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David Waller, 1962-2020
PR expert who wrote three acclaimed biographies of 19th century figures
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