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Fatima Meer, 81 (1928 - 2010)
The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela has died. She was 81. The South African Press Association quoted a local politician and family friend, Logie Naidoo, as saying Meer died in a Durban hospital Friday. The cause of death was not given. In a statement, Achmat Dangor, chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said Meer had ...
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Miguel Delibes, 89 (1920 - 2010)
By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain Miguel Delibes, an acclaimed and prolific novelist whose work featured gritty depictions of rural life in post-civil war Spain and psychological analyses of characters facing turning points, died Friday. He was 89. Delibes, who had been fighting cancer of the colon for several years, died at his home in the north central city of...
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Barry Hannah, 67 (1942 - 2010)
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. Author Barry Hannah, whose fiction was laced with dark humor and populated by hard-drinking Southerners, died Monday at his home in Oxford, Miss. He was 67. Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy said Hannah died Monday afternoon of "natural causes," declining to elaborate until he shared the details with Hannah's wife,...
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Dick Francis, 89 (1920 - 2010)
(Associated Press) By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Writer LONDON Dick Francis, the best-selling British thriller writer and former champion jockey, died on Sunday in his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89. A successful steeplechase jockey, Francis turned to writing after he retired from racing in 1957. He penned 42 novels, many of which featured racing as a theme. His books...
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Lucille Clifton, 73 (1936 - 2010)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer finalist, has died. She was 73. Clifton's sister, Elaine Philip of Buffalo, N.Y., said the former poet laureate of Maryland passed away Saturday morning at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Philip said the cause of death was unclear but Clifton was hospitalized for an infection last week at a...
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J.D. Salinger , 91 (1919 - 2010)
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he...
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Louis Auchincloss , 92 (1917 - 2010)
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK Louis Auchincloss, a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction whose dozens of books imparted sober, firsthand knowledge of America's patrician...
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Paul Quarrington (2010)
The Associated Press TORONTO Paul Quarrington, the Canadian author, filmmaker and musician who penned the critically acclaimed novel "Whale Music," has died of lung cancer, an associate said...
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Abraham Sutzkever, 96 (1913 - 2010)
(Associated Press) JERUSALEM Abraham Sutzkever, a Yiddish poet and partisan fighter during World War II, has died in Tel Aviv. He was 96, his daughter Mira said. Sutzkever began writing...
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Robert Parker, 77 (1932 - 2010)
The following story courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By TOM NOLAN In American popular culture, the private detective is a unique heroic figure: champion of last resort for the vulnerable...
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Erich Segal, 72 (1937 - 2010)
By MEERA SELVA Associated Press Writer LONDON Erich Segal, the Ivy League professor who attained mainstream fame and made millions sob as writer of the novel and movie "Love Story," has...
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Grigory Baklanov (2009)
The Associated Press MOSCOW Russian author and editor Grigory Baklanov has died at the age of 86. The Moscow Writers Union says Baklanov died in Moscow on Wednesday, but didn't specify...
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C.D.B. Bryan, 73 (1936 - 2009)
By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer HARTFORD, Conn. C.D.B. Bryan, whose 1976 book "Friendly Fire" about the accidental death of a soldier in Vietnam struck a chord with disillusioned...
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Yang Xianyi , 94 (1915 - 2009)
The Associated Press BEIJING -- Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. He was 94. Together with his British wife,...
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Stuart Kaminsky, 75 (1934 - 2009)
ST. LOUIS (Associated Press) - Prolific mystery writer Stuart Kaminsky, whose 70 books included one the Mystery Writers of America deemed the best mystery novel of 1989, has died at a hospital in...
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Jacques Chessex, 75 (1934 - 2009)
YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland (Associated Press) - Jacques Chessex, one of French-speaking Switzerland's leading novelists and the first non-Frenchman to receive the prestigious Prix Goncourt...
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Peg Mullen (2009)
LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (Associated Press) - Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son's death in Vietnam, has died. She was 92. ...
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Trevor Rhone (1940 - 2009)
KINGSTON, Jamaica (The Associated Press) Trevor Rhone, a Jamaican playwright who co-wrote the reggae film classic "The Harder They Come" and helped introduce the island's pop culture to the...
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Jim Carroll, 59 (1950 - 2009)
NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. He died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, his ex-wife Rosemary Carroll...
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Keith Waterhouse (2009)
LONDON -- British writer Keith Waterhouse, a raconteur and wit whose works include the enduringly popular novel "Billy Liar," has died at the age of 80. Waterhouse's family said he died...
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Sheila Lukins (1942 - 2009)
By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — Sheila Lukins, the store owner and cookbook author who helped change how America eats, has died. She was 66. Lukins died Sunday at her...
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Elmer Kelton, 83 (1926 - 2009)
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Elmer Kelton, a Western novelist whose book "The Good Old Boys" was made into a TV movie starring Tommy Lee Jones, died Saturday. He was 83. Myrtis Loudermilk, a director...
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Karla Kuskin, 77 (1932 - 2009)
Seattle - Karla Kuskin, a prominent children's book writer and illustrator, died Thursday. She was 77. Kuskin, who had a neurological disorder, died of cortical basal ganglionic degeneration...
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Michael Viner, 65 (1944 - 2009)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michael Viner, who helped popularize audio books and published a line of tabloid tell-all books that included O.J. Simpson trial figure Faye Resnick and disgraced former...
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Budd Schulberg, 95 (1914 - 2009)
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK — Budd Schulberg, who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95. ...
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Stanley Middleton, 89 (1919 - 2009)
By ROBERT BARR - Associated Press Writer LONDON - Stanley Middleton, a prolific novelist who shared the prestigious Booker Prize in 1974, has died of cancer, his family said. Middleton...
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E. Lynn Harris (2009)
By JOSH L. DICKEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES -- E. Lynn Harris, a pioneer of gay black fiction and a literary entrepreneur who rose from self-publishing to best-selling status, has...
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Frank McCourt, 78 (1930 - 2009)
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK - Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the...
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Vasily Aksyonov, 76 (1932 - 2009)
MOSCOW - Vasily Aksyonov, a Russian writer and one of the last dissidents to be exiled from the Soviet Union, died Monday. He was 76. Aksyonov, who suffered a stroke last year, died at a...
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John A. Keel, 79 (1930 - 2009)
NEW YORK - John A. Keel, author of "The Mothman Prophecies," died Friday. He was 79. Keel died of congestive heart failure at a Manhattan hospital, his friend Larry "Ratso" Sloman, said...
