May 2, 2015 Writers Michael Baigent New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) Died on Monday June 17th 2013 Other writersGeorge Eastman dead at age 83, Italian actor and screenwriterRobert Woodson dead at age 89, American political activistAlan Bradley dead at age 87, Canadian authorVeronika Valentová dead at age 52, Czech writer and translatorAglaia Kremezi dead at age 79, Greek food writer and journalistHieromonk Roman dead at age 71, Russian hieromonk, poet, and singerPeter Hollingworth dead at age 91, Australian Anglican bishop, archbishop of Brisbane and governor-generalSerigne Ibrahima Mahmoud Cissé dead at age 73, Senegalese teacher and religious guideMarideth Sisco dead at age 82, American author and musicianJames Robison dead at age 82, public figureMore from New ZealandArthur Lewis dead at age 84, public figureKenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of JusticeMark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseGeoff Stedman New Zealand physicist, Hector Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand dead at age 83Carla Van Zon New Zealand artistic director dead at age 74Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Mark Carrington New Zealand cricketer dead at age 64Ned New Zealand snail diesCleighten Cornelius New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, myeloma dead at age 49Peter Lynn New Zealand engineer and kite maker, cancer dead at age 79More from June 17, 2013Carmen CarrozzaAtiqul Haque ChowdhuryPierre F. CôtéBulbs EhlersJim GoddardIrwin HeldJames HolshouserFuller KimbrellWerner LangAlbert Legogie Tags 17 June 2013 2013-06-17 Baigent June 17 June 2013 Michael New Zealand Writers ←Carmen Carrozza Ottmar Walter→