A list of well-known people who have died recently
Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
Novelist and poet hailed as the founding father of modern African literature- Barbara Anderson, 1926-2013
Acclaimed NZ author who wasn’t published until aged in her sixties - Hugo Chavez Frias, 1954-2013
Venezuelan President who embraced 21st century socialism and raged at the United States - Richard Griffiths, 1947-2013
Celebrated English actor of stage, film and television - James Herbert, 1943-2013
Bestselling author of horror classics The rats, and The frog - Alvin Lee, 1944-2013
Rock guitarist and leader of Ten Years After who electrified Woodstock in 1969 - George Lowe, 1924-2013
Last of the team, including Edmund Hillary, that first conquered Everest - Rise Stevens, 1913-2013
Opera singer with a million-dollar voice who played the seductress as Carmen and as Delilah - Frank Thornton, 1921-2013
Actor who excelled as the disdainful Captain Peacock in the sitcom Are you being served? - Katharina Wolpe, 1931-2013
Pianist who ranged from Schubert to Schoenberg
