Recent necrology, June 2016

Some well-known people who have died recently:

• Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016
  American professional boxer, one of the most significant sporting figures of the 20th century

• Graham Latimer, 1926-2016
  One of the most influential Māori leaders of the late 20th century

• Norman Longmate, 1925-2016
  Popular historian best known for his book How We Lived Then

• David Sell, 1930-2016
  Christchurch music academic and educator

• Peter Shaffer, 1926-2016
  Playwright, giant of postwar British theatre

• Ralph Stanley, 1927-2016
  Legend of old-time mountain music

• R. P. Suggate, 1922-2016
  Distinguished New Zealand geoscientist

• Alvin Toffler, 1928-2016
  American sociologist who coined the term ‘future shock’

• Anton Yelchin, 1989-2016
  Actor best known for playing Pavel Chekov in the most recent Star Trek films