Recent necrology, September 2021

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Billy Apple, 1935-2021
  New Zealand artist whose work is associated with the New York and British schools of pop art in the 1960s and with the Conceptual Art movement in the 1970s

• Dorothea Brown, 1938-2021
  Christchurch Libraries Manager 1986-1995
  Read more about Dorothea

• Sarah Harding, 1981-2021
  Pop singer with Girls Aloud

• Anne Holden, 1928-2021
  New Zealand writer, teacher and lawyer

• Alan Lancaster, 1949-2021
  Founder member of Status Quo

• Maui John Mitchell, 1941-2021
  Māori historian and author

• Clive Sinclair, 1940-2021
  English entrepreneur and inventor, known for his work in consumer electronics

• John Shelby Spong, 1931-2021
  Controversial American Episcopalian bishop

• Eion Stevens, 1952-2021
  Christchurch artist

• Stephen Vizinczey, 1933-2021
  Hungarian-Canadian novelist and critic

• Michael Kenneth Williams, 1966-2021
  One of his generation's most respected and acclaimed actors