Necrology – a list of notable people who have died recently. Now a regular feature on our blog.

  • Philip José Farmer, 1918-2009
    Author of science fiction and fantasy in which he drew on figures such as Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes
  • Horton Foote, 1916-2009
    Playwright who celebrated small-town America and wrote the screenplay for To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Deborah Riedel, 1958-2009
    Warm voiced Australian soprano
  • Jose Torres, 1936-2009
    Puerto Rican professional boxer and author
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