Recent necrology, June 2018

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Anthony Bourdain, 1956-2018
  American celebrity chef, author and television personality

• Gennadiĭ Rozhdestvenskiĭ, 1931-2018
  Brilliant Russian conductor

• Tony Vercoe, 1919-2018
  Musician and historian, in charge of Kiwi Pacific Records for 30 years