Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 5, 2019 Well, I don't see any actual post in a thread for David Powlison and his cancer battle. I know he was associated with Billy Graham, and I know the same about university, but I guess his personal claim to fame will be as an author. Anyway, here's David Powlison's update, three rounds of chemo down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted February 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Well, I don't see any actual post in a thread for David Powlison and his cancer battle. I know he was associated with Billy Graham, and I know the same about university, but I guess his personal claim to fame will be as an author. Anyway, here's David Powlison's update, three rounds of chemo down. Still stage 4 pancan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Carol Emshwiller (The Mount) dead at 97 years: https://locusmag.com/2019/02/carol-emshwiller-1921-2019/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Banana said: Still stage 4 pancan Oh he's going to be a late season death or a damn near D40 if he survives. That's why I have him in Hare's, I figure November or so the Reaper comes a-callin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted February 7, 2019 Rosamund Pilcher has her own day of the storm aged 94. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 7, 2019 Rosamunde Pilcher, author of the book the Shell Seekers, has died. She was 94. A DDP pick, too. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-aged-94 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, alt obits guy said: Rosamunde Pilcher, author of the book the Shell Seekers, has died. She was 94. A DDP pick, too. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-aged-94 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: It was basically a dead heat. (Or a 'dead' heat) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, alt obits guy said: It was basically a dead heat. 11 minutes ain't gonna cut it in many races.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted February 7, 2019 37 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Rosamund Pilcher has her own day of the storm aged 94. Second hit on my shadow list against zero for the committee. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 9, 2019 Jan Wahl, who authored over 120 books, most notably children's books, has died. He was 85 (according to Wikipedia) or 87 (according to the New York Times obituary). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/obituaries/jan-wahl-dies.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 10, 2019 Patricia Nell Warren, the author of the 1974 New York Times best seller 'The Front Runner', has died. She was 82. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/author-around-wonderful-woman-patricia-nell-warren-finishes-race/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 11, 2019 Now this one qualifies as an author as responsible for 80% of the books lfn has ever owned. John Haynes, deid https://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/17424352.john-haynes-of-haynes-car-manuals-dies-aged-80/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted February 13, 2019 W.E.B. Griffin, 89, cancer: Vaguely heard of Death At Nuremberg.... But I have heard of M*A*S*H*. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 14, 2019 Betty Ballantine, who along with her late husband Ian were paperback publishing pioneers, has died. She was 99. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/13/paperback-pioneer-betty-ballantine-dead-at-99/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 14, 2019 18 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Betty Ballantine, who along with her late husband Ian were paperback publishing pioneers, has died. She was 99. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/13/paperback-pioneer-betty-ballantine-dead-at-99/ I always feel a bit sad when someone dies at 99 and doesn't get to the big 100. Someone I know great Nan (or maybe Great-great) died suddenly a day or two before her 100th Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: I always feel a bit sad when someone dies at 99 and doesn't get to the big 100. Someone I know great Nan (or maybe Great-great) died suddenly a day or two before her 100th My maternal grandmother's mother died at age 99, a little more than half a year away from 100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted February 14, 2019 Mary Higgins Clark is still alive. I wish her a long life, if she is healthy enough to enjoy it, but she's 91 & I enjoyed her novels & I'd like to mention her name... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 15, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46889988 Andrea Levy dies at 62. Sad news. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 15, 2019 20 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46889988 Andrea Levy dies at 62. Sad news. RIP. Unique DDP pick - someone had inside info... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted February 15, 2019 19 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Unique DDP pick - someone had inside info... Twitter chatter says there was a documentary last year where she admitted she was very ill. Poor research lads, BBC 4 isn't there for your entertainment. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted February 15, 2019 49 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Twitter chatter says there was a documentary last year where she admitted she was very ill. Poor research lads, BBC 4 isn't there for your entertainment. Point of Order, imagine is actually on BBC1. BBC4's where you learn about Virago Books founders, and aging rockers with COPD... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 24, 2019 Victor J. Banis, an American writer who was part of the first wave of west coast gay writing, has died. He was 82. https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/02/24/author-victor-j-banis-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 26, 2019 Jeraldine Saunders, whose1974 book 'The Love Boats', about her experience as the first female cruise director of a major line, was used as the basis for the long-running American TV series 'The Love Boat', has died. She was 96. https://deadline.com/2019/02/jeraldine-saunders-dies-love-boat-1202565334/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted February 28, 2019 Tipped as a possible for 2019 by @Spade_Cooley on 1 November 2018, Gillian Freeman, author and screenwriter of The Leather Boys, dead: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=gillian-freeman&pid=191688968 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293400/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
