Obituary

Naoharu Yamashina, toymaker to the world, died on October 28th, aged 79

James Michener, spurned by many but read by millions, died on October 16th, aged 90

Roberto Crispulo Goizueta, who put the fizz into Coke, died on October 18th, aged 65

Alfred Leslie Rowse, a modern Elizabethan, died on October 3rd, aged 93

Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese survivor, died on September 22nd, aged 82

Roy Lichtenstein, who turned comics into art, died on September 29th, aged 73

Ganesh Man Singh, Nepal’s democracy leader, died on September 18th, aged 82

Viktor Emil Frankl, psychiatrist of survival, died on September 2nd, aged 92

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa, died on September 5th, aged 87

Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, died on August 31st, aged 36

Yuri Nikulin, Russia’s most famous comic, died on August 21st, aged 75

Walter Ings Farmer, opposer of “the spoils of war”, died on August 9th, aged 86