Authors Last A Long Time, But....

[drol 12,156]

23 hours ago, drol said:

For the obscure hints series... 

 

Chinese writer Ma Shitu hospitalised . 105 and has retired from writing in July mainly due to failing health. 

Gosh, didn't realize this guy is legendary: lung cancer survivor, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2001 (aged 86) and also a recurrence of lung cancer with multiple pleural effusions. Recovered, was again diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, spent six months in hospital and recovered again. Now apparently down with it again.

[Joey Russ 7,268]

3 minutes ago, drol said:

Gosh, didn't realize this guy is legendary: lung cancer survivor, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2001 (aged 86) and also a recurrence of lung cancer with multiple pleural effusions. Recovered, was again diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, spent six months in hospital and recovered again. Now apparently down with it again.

That’s a lot of Shit he went through them, isn’t it?

[drol 12,156]

4 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

That’s a lot of Shit he went through them, isn’t it?

Ah, only time before it came...

[arghton 6,887]

2 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

That’s a lot of Shit he went through them, isn’t it?

Also, talking about Shitu he's been through, his first wife was killed by the Kuomintang

[gcreptile 11,091]

On 19/10/2018 at 19:02, msc said:

BBC4 doc about 50 Years of the Booker Prize (on Iplayer) has Penelope Lively looking cheery and, well, lively for her age.

 

Tom Maschler, on the other hand, looked and sounded like one small gust of wind would finish him off.

Tom Maschler has been blown away by the wind:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/16/tom-maschler-obituary

[The Old Crem 3,645]

Jill Paton Walsh has died aged 83.

[Joey Russ 7,268]

1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

Jill Paton Walsh has died aged 83.

BBC obit

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

Hugo award nominee Richard A. Lupoff dead at 85

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

Daily Mail reporting that my DDP theme team pick Fay Weldon is divorcing her third husband at the age of 89. The article references not being able to speak well and a prolonged spell in hospital. I suspect the divorce might be to avoid him getting his hands on her dosh when the fateful day comes.

 

Though he might be a better pick as her second husband died of a heart attack one month after their divorce

[time 8,682]

Tracey Davis, daughter of Sammy Davis Jr, & May Britt and author of his biography, has died aged 59, after a short illness. It was announced last month that her book, Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father, is to be made into a film.

[Thatcher 2,493]

George Cockcroft, better known by pen name Luke Rhinehart who authored The Dice Man, has died aged 87 - a DDP pick and receives a QO. 

[Thatcher 2,493]

On 08/08/2017 at 22:57, DevonDeathTrip said:

Jan Morris, possibly the world's most notable nonagenarian, transgendered, Welsh travel writer, was on Radio 4 tonight gasping about New York and generally sounding in need of an oxygen tank

Dead age 94. 
 

Obituaries: BBC, The Guardian, The Times

[Cerberus 304]

Could just as easily have featured in the Journalists or Activists thread. A remarkable and courageous person. I can only imagine the abuse, ridicule and outright hostility directed at someone undergoing gender reassignment in the early 1970s.

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

There has been a bit of a Twitter storm about Alan Dean Foster being denied royalty payments by Disney for his Star Wars novels and adaptations. One report described him as suffering from cancer.

[msc 18,558]

13 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

There has been a bit of a Twitter storm about Alan Dean Foster being denied royalty payments by Disney for his Star Wars novels and adaptations. One report described him as suffering from cancer.

 

So you're saying I should delete the bit in my shortlist that reads "sneaky unique pick??" then?

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

10 hours ago, msc said:

 

So you're saying I should delete the bit in my shortlist that reads "sneaky unique pick??" then?

 

Nobody pays attention to writers. Most of my Bookworm food theme team are uniques

 

But apologies. Thought it odd no-one had mentioned it.

[gcreptile 11,091]

- edit... sorry, it was already posted by Biblio... -

 

Fay Weldon could be a good DeathList addition...

 

Edit: But here's a link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8898995/Novelist-Fay-Weldon-lays-bare-secret-misery-marriage-files-divorce-89.html

[msc 18,558]

9 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

- edit... sorry, it was already posted by Biblio... -

 

Fay Weldon could be a good DeathList addition...

 

Edit: But here's a link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8898995/Novelist-Fay-Weldon-lays-bare-secret-misery-marriage-files-divorce-89.html

 

In that story, after Weldon overdosed, her husband found her and instead of getting help, waited for her carers to show up later that day. Blimey.

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

SF author Ben Bova dead at 88 from COVID

[YoungWillz 21,250]

On ‎06‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 15:50, Bibliogryphon said:

Updating the top 10 Pulitzer prize for fiction winners after Toni Morrison 

 

1965 Shirley Ann Graw (1929)

1969 N Scott Momaday (1934)

1983 Alice Walker (1944)

1984 William Kennedy (1928)

1985 Alison Lurie (1926)

1986 Larry McMurty (1936)

1989 Anne Tyler (1941)

1992 Jane Smiley (1949)

1993 Robert Olen Butler (1945)

1994 Annie Proulx (1935)

So Alison Lurie is dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/books/alison-lurie-dead.html

 

Not picked this year afaik.

[Bibliogryphon 9,653]

10 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

So Alison Lurie is dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/books/alison-lurie-dead.html

 

Not picked this year afaik.

She was on my @arghton team

[drol 12,156]

On 14/10/2020 at 20:36, drol said:

For the obscure hints series... 

 

Chinese writer Ma Shitu hospitalised . 105 and has retired from writing in July mainly due to failing health. 

Discharged and well enough to make a public appearance.

[Spade_Cooley 9,638]

On 23/01/2018 at 22:18, RadGuy said:

Ursula K. Le Guin dead aged 88.

 

[Thatcher 2,493]

John Le Carré dead aged 89.

 

Obituaries: The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Times, The Telegraph, BBC.

[msc 18,558]

Huge loss, that, great writer.