A list of well-known people who have died recently:
John Amis, 1922-2013
Musical impresario who worked with Myra Hess and Donald Swann and became a regular on My Music.- Robert Barnard, 1936-2013
Mystery writer who peopled his thrillers with English archetypes and won enormous acclaim in America. - Eydie Gorme, 1928-2013
Singer who formed a successful double act with her husband Steve Lawrence. - Elmore Leonard, 1925-2013
Master of crime fiction who transcended the genre with novels such as Get Shorty, and, Glitz. - Julie Harris, 1925-2013
Actress of remarkable versatility whose six Tony Awards have not been equalled. 
Marcella Hazan, 1924-2013
Self-taught cook whose books introduced Britain and America to the joys of real Italian cuisine.- Marian McPartland, 1918-2013
Classically-trained, British-born pianist who made her name on New York’s jazz scene in the 1950s and presented a long-running jazz series on radio. - Barbara Mertz, 1927-2013
American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, 1920-2013
Warsaw ghetto survivor whose past helped him become an unchallenged literary lion in Germany. - Cedar Walton, 1934-2013
Pianist and composer behind some of the finest pieces in ‘hard bop’ jazz. - Yoram Kaniuk, 1930-2013
Jewish novelist who fought for the creation of Israel but did not like what the state went on to become.
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