ObitDigital
Acclaimed composer Kaija Saariaho dies of brain tumour aged 70
Her L’Amour de Loin became the first staged work by a female composer at the Metropolitan Opera since 1903.
Austrian actor Helmut Berger dies aged 78
He was a movie star across Europe in the 1960s and 70s, and appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III.
Todd Haimes, who led theatre company to Broadway, dies aged 66
During Haimes’s tenure, Roundabout shows won 34 Tony Awards.
Record executive who signed Madonna, Seymour Stein, dies aged 80
As the head of Sire Records, Stein also signed acts including Talking Heads and the Ramones.
What You Won’t Do For Love singer Bobby Caldwell dies aged 71
The song was covered by artists including Boyz II Men and was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his posthumously released song Do For Love.
Award-winning South African jazz singer Gloria Bosman dies
Her career began in 1999 with the acclaimed album Tranquility.
Novelist and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe dies aged 88
The writer became the second Japanese author to be awarded the prize in 1994.
Lynyrd Skynyrd founder member Gary Rossington dies
He was the last surviving founding member of a band with a tragic history.
Remember The Titans screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard dies aged 70
Howard also wrote the Muhammad Ali biopic, starring Will Smith.