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John Leonard, 69 (1939 - 2008)
NEW YORK - Literary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," has died at age 69, his stepdaughter said Thursday. Leonard died at Mount Sinai Hospital Wednesday night from complications from lung cancer,...
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Michael Crichton, 66 (1942 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES - Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said. Crichton died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after privately battling cancer. "Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspiration to students of all...
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William Wharton, 82 (1925 - 2008)
Encinitas, Ca - William Wharton, the painter-turned-author whose first novel "Birdy" won the National Book Award and became a critically acclaimed move, has died. He was 82. Wharton died Wednesday in Encinitas of an infection he contracted while being hospitalized for blood pressure problems, his son Matt du Aime told The New York Times. Wharton was in his 50s and living as a...
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Es'kia Mphahlele, 88 (1919 - 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Es'kia Mphahlele, a politically active South African writer celebrated for his vivid autobiography about the hardships of apartheid, has died. He was 88. Mphahlele died Monday evening at a hospital near his home in Lebowakgomo, in northern South Africa, said Raks Seakhoa, a close family friend. The cause of death was not given, but Seakhoa said in an...
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Tony Hillerman, 83 (1925 - 2008)
PHOENIX -- Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels and creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes--Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee--died Sunday of pulmonary failure. He was 83. Hillerman's daughter, Anne Hillerman, said her father's health had been declining in the last couple years and that he was at Presbyterian Hospital in...
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Pat Kavanagh (2008)
LONDON -- Pat Kavanagh, one of Britain's most respected literary agents, has died at age 68. The United Artists agency said Kavanagh died Monday from a brain tumor. Kavanagh's stable of...
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Marilyn Ferguson, 70 (1938 - 2008)
Banning, Ca – Marilyn Ferguson, whose best-selling book "The Aquarian Conspiracy" helped establish the New Age movement by tying together its disparate threads, has died. She was 70. Ferguson...
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Hayden Carruth, 87 (1921 - 2008)
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y.- Hayden Carruth, an award-winning poet who wrote about the people and places of northern Vermont, died Monday. He was 87. Carruth, who lived in Vermont in the 1960s and 70s,...
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Konstantin Pavlov, 75 (1933 - 2008)
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, has died, a...
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James Crumley, 68 (1939 - 2008)
HELENA, Mont. - James Crumley, a crime novelist whose hardened detectives worked cases in dingy Montana bars and other rough hangouts around Big Sky Country, died Wednesday after years of poor...
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Coleen Salley, 79 (1929 - 2008)
NEW ORLEANS - Coleen Salley, who taught children's literature and promoted children's writers for decades, then saw her own picture books published when she was in her 70s, died Tuesday. She was...
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David Foster Wallace, 46 (1962 - 2008)
CLAREMONT, Calif. — David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. Wallace's wife found her...
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Robert Giroux, 90 (1918 - 2008)
NEW YORK -- Robert Giroux, a distinguished giant of 20th century publishing who guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag,...
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Dave Freeman (2008)
LOS ANGELES - Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at...
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Mahmoud Darwish, 67 (1941 - 2008)
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was...
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Simon Gray, 71 (1936 - 2008)
LONDON - British writer Simon Gray, author of literate, bittersweet plays and acerbic diaries, has died at 71, his publisher said Thursday. Granta Books said Gray died Wednesday in London. He...
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 89 (1918 - 2008)
Moscow, Russia - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son...
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Anatoly Pristavkin (2008)
MOSCOW -- Anatoly Pristavkin, a writer who headed the Russian president's pardons commission throughout the 1990s, died Friday in Moscow. He was 76. Pristavkin's death was given wide coverage...
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Janwillem van de Wetering, 77 (1931 - 2008)
SURRY, Maine - Janwillem van de Wetering, a Dutch-born author who penned a popular detective series set in his home country, died July 4. He was 77. He died of complications from cancer, said...
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Neil MacNeil, 85 (1923 - 2008)
BETHESDA, Md. - Neil MacNeil, who spent decades covering Congress for Time magazine, died Saturday of lung cancer, his daughter said. He was 85. The Bronx-born MacNeil arrived in Washington in...
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Bo Yang, 88 (1920 - 2008)
Taiwanese essayist Bo Yang, who infuriated both Nationalist and Communist authorities with his tart critiques of abusive leaders and antidemocratic behavior, died Tuesday of lung disease in Taipei...
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Arthur C. Clarke, 90 (1917 - 2008)
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future,...
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Norman Mailer, 84 (1923 - 2007)
Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead," died Saturday, his...
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Kurt Vonnegut, 84 (1922 - 2007)
Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," has died....
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Sidney Sheldon, 89 (1917 - 2007)
Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in two of his three careers -- Broadway theater, movies and television -- then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a...
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Art Buchwald, 81 (1925 - 2007)
Art Buchwald, the Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist, made a career out of skewering Washington's elite, then won even wider fame when he chose to let himself die rather than fight for every ounce...
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Peter Benchley, 65 (1940 - 2006)
Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday. Wendy...
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Betty Friedan, 85 (1921 - 2006)
Betty Friedan, whose manifesto The Feminine Mystique became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday. She was 85. Friedan...
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Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, 87 (1904 - 1991)
Theodor Seuss Geisel, the author and illustrator whose whimsical fantasies written under the pen name Dr. Seuss entertained and instructed millions of children and adults around the world, died in...
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Marly de Oliveira
Marly de Oliveira, the Brazilian poet who wrote the award-winning volume "O Mar de Permeio," or "The Sea Between Us," died Friday in Rio de Janeiro. She was 69. Oliveira died of multiple organ...
