Julie Adams obituary

Actor whose most famous role was as the love object of Gill Man in the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon

Oliver Mtukudzi obituary

One of Zimbabwe’s most accomplished musicians who tackled issues such as poverty and Aids in the lyrics of his songs

Derek Piggott obituary

Other lives: Pilot who was commissioned in the RAF in 1943 and was posted to India to No 668 Glider Squadron

Peter Gordon obituary

Award-winning film-maker committed to shining a light on the lives of the disenfranchised

Sylvia Kay obituary

Stage and screen actor who played the snobbish mother Daphne in the BBC sitcom Just Good Friends

Michel Legrand obituary

French composer, jazz musician and conductor who wrote the scores for more than 250 films including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Yentl

Jonas Mekas obituary

Influential figure in American underground cinema, as a perceptive critic and a maker of films that celebrated ‘little moments of paradise’ in his life

Carol Channing obituary

Star of stage and screen best known for her award-winning performance in the title role of Hello, Dolly!

Mrinal Sen obituary

Acclaimed Bengali film-maker who became one of Indian cinema’s most probing recorders of the country’s social fabric

Ray Sawyer obituary

Singer and percussionist with Dr Hook, the American band that had 1970s hits with Sylvia’s Mother and The Cover of Rolling Stone

Norman Gimbel obituary

American lyricist who enjoyed success with Killing Me Softly With His Song and the English version of The Girl from Ipanema

Penny Marshall obituary

Director of the hit films Big and Awakenings who first shot to fame as an actor in Laverne & Shirley