Necrology – a list of notable people who have died recently. Now a regular feature on our blog.
- Karl Malden, 1912-2009
Method actor who thrived in roles written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Elia Kazan and opposite Marlon Brando
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
Technocrat who applied his brilliant business brain to the waging of war, particularly in Vietnam, despite private moral disquiet
- Mollie Sugden, 1921-2009
Actress loved for lurid rinses and double-entendres as Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?
- Terry Sturm, 1941-2009
NZ critic and scholar of Australasian writing, especially New Zealand popular fiction
- Wiffen, Joan, 1922-2009
Amateur New Zealand palaeontologist