Obituaries of 2012
The Observer New Review's look back at some of those who died in 2012, remembered by those who knew them best
Adam Yauch remembered by Sarah J Edwards
Marie Colvin remembered by Jeremy Bowen
Eric Hobsbawm remembered by Neal Ascherson
Helen Gurley Brown remembered by Marcelle d'Argy Smith
Nina Bawden remembered by Robert Bawden
Jack Ashley remembered by Bernard Donoughue
Maurice Sendak remembered by Tony Kushner
Neil Armstrong remembered by Dudley Schuler
Etta James remembered by Reverend Al Sharpton
Donna Summer remembered by Nile Rodgers
Gore Vidal remembered by Jason Epstein
Vidal Sassoon remembered by Mary Quant
Tony Scott remembered by Keira Knightley
Obituaries of 2012 – in pictures
