Teen Scene: picks from our November newsletter

Some picks from our November Teen Scene newsletter:

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Recent necrology, October 2013

A list of well-known people who have died recently:

• Anthony Caro, 1924-2013
  Britain’s greatest sculptor who assumed the mantle of Henry Moore
• Patrice Chereau, 1944-2013
  Film director and enfant terrible of the French theatre who staged a controversial production of Wagner’s Ring
• Tom Clancy, 1947-2013
  American author and inventor of the techno-thriller who predicted 9/11
• Nigel Davenport, 1928-2013
  Versatile actor whose magnetic gaze marked many memorable roles for stage, film and television
• John Hopkins, 1927-2013
  British-born conductor who devoted 50 years of his career to music in Australia and New Zealand
• Christopher Koch, 1932-2013
  Australian author best known for his 1978 novel, The year of living dangerously
• Trevor Lummis, 1930-2013
  Social historian who drew on word of mouth to illuminate accounts of the past
• Frederik Pohl, 1919-2013
  Publisher who launched Isaac Asimov’s career and then became a highly respected sci-fi writer himself
• Mark Brandon Read, 1954-2013
  Notorious Melbourne criminal and author
• Lou Reed, 1942-2013
  Rock and roll star with the Velvet Underground who influenced a generation of musicians