Necrology – a list of notable people who have died recently. Now a regular feature on our blog.
- Helen Bain, 1971-2009
New Zealand journalist - Elizabeth Berridge, 1919-2009
Novelist whose quiet stories of the middle classes impressed Noël Coward - Bub Bridger, 1924-2009
Maori poet - John Burrow, 1935-2009
Academic who focused his talents on the development of the historian’s craft over 2,500 years - Liam Clancy, 1935-2009
Last of the Clancy Brothers whose musicianship influenced other Irish folk bands and impressed Bob Dylan - Roy Edward Disney, 1930-2009
Last Disney at Disney who twice stepped in to revitalise one of the world’s best-known brands - Robert Holdstock, 1948-2009
Author of more than 40 fantasy novels - Thomas Hoving, 1931-2009
Showman director of the Met whose charisma, expertise and ‘piracy’ enriched its collection - Stuart Kaminsky, 1934-2009
Prolific crime novelist in the hard-boiled style who also crafted lives of Gary Cooper and Clint Eastwood - Brian Mason, 1917-2009
Expatriate scientist who was a pioneer in the field of geochemistry - Brittany Murphy, 1977-2009
American actress and singer - Anne Mustoe, 1933-2009
Indomitable headmistress who abandoned her career to find adventure as a round-the-world bicyclist - James Pattinson, 1915-2009
Author of more than 100 adventure stories who based one of his books on a Daily Telegraph obituary - Paul Samuelson, 1915-2009
Economist who advised John F Kennedy, sparred with Milton Friedman and won a Nobel Prize - Jacqueline Sturm, 1927-2009
Maori poet and short story writer - Richard Todd, 1919-2009
Matinee idol who took part in the D-Day landings, starred in The Dam Busters and suffered a double tragedy late in life
