Ngaio Marsh(1895-1982)

In June 1980, several London newspapers ran obituaries of her after she had been taken to intensive care in Christchurch, NZ. She lived another two years.

[speaking in 1949] I always make a point of keeping the most pleasant-sounding name for the murderer. As he or she is bound to come to an unpleasant end, it seems the very least the author can do.