A list of well-known people who have died recently:
- Eileen Brennan, 1932-2013
Actress whose film role with Goldie Hawn earned her an Oscar nomination - J. J. Cale, 1938-2013
Guitarist and songwriter who disdained the limelight but won the admiration of Eric Clapton - Mick Farren, 1943-2013
Counterculture icon and frontman of The Deviants who also caught the mood of the 70s in print - Bill Gunston, 1927-2013
Aviation historian who, as a boy, shook hands with the German fighter designer Willy Messerschmitt - Virginia Johnson, 1925-2013
Researcher into sexual behaviour whose work made her controversial and rich in equal measure - Elaine Morgan, 1920-2013
Award winning writer of television dramas whose feminist tract on evolution became an unlikely bestseller - Mike Morwood, 1930-2013
Archaeologist whose discovery of ‘hobbits’ in Indonesia took the scientific world by storm 
William Renwick, 1929-2013
One of the greatest NZ educationalists of modern times- Ian Scott, 1945-2013
NZ artist - Mel Smith, 1952-2013
Comedian whose partnership with Griff Rhys Jones earned him laughs and a fortune of millions - Alan Whicker, 1925-2013
Globetrotting television broadcaster who delighted in the colourful, the eccentric and the ridiculous
