Recent necrology, August 2018

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Kofi Annan, 1938-2018
  Ghanaian diplomat, UN Secretary-General

• Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018
  Science fiction writer

• Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018
  Legendary American singer and songwriter, the Queen of Soul

• Reinhart Langer, 1921-2018
  Renowned botanist

 

• V. S. Naipaul, 1932-2018
  Caribbean writer and Nobel Laureate

• Baden Norris, 1927-2018
  Author who was the driving force behind the Lyttelton Museum

• Warwick Roger, 1945-2018
  Innovative NZ journalist, founder of Metro magazine

• Neil Simon, 1927-2018
  American playwright, screenwriter and author