The Old Crem 3,582 Posted December 13, 2020 Sad news, RIP.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted December 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, Thatcher said: John Le Carré dead aged 89. Obituaries: The Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC. Bugger Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a great book and the mini series with Alec Guinness was superb too 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,087 Posted December 13, 2020 Damn shame. I love his Karla Trilogy from the 70s. Great stuff. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 13, 2020 Another legend gone. I am particularly sad because I was looking forward to a 2nd series of Little Drummer Girl which I suppose will now never happen... I suppose I should read one of his books as a tribute but I'll probably just watch one of the tv adaptations instead .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Bugger Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a great book and the mini series with Alec Guinness was superb too Just seen this news. No thread of his own? Astonishing! While I remember my dad forcing us to sit through what seemed to me at the time as an interminable bore of a mini series, Alec Guiness' portrayal was utterly fascinating to me. Still, I'll freely admit to never having read a Le Carre novel on the back of that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted December 14, 2020 Just seen this, very sad news. Great and prolific author, even into very old age. I remember assuming he'd died years ago when I was younger and then discovered that not only was he still alive he was still writing! His last novel was only published last year. This year just isn't letting up at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuebecCityOliver 26 Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) On 27/11/2020 at 15:20, msc said: 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. I refuse to accept the Daily Fail as a reliable source of news. Still, a bloody good pick for 2021. Edited December 14, 2020 by QuebecCityOliver Added info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted December 14, 2020 He died of pneumonia but the family stated it was not Covid, so we'll have to take their word for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 15, 2020 Fantasy author and inspiration for George R R Martin, Phyllis Eisenstein, has died at 74: https://locusmag.com/2020/12/phyllis-eisenstein-1946-2020/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted December 22, 2020 On 27/02/2012 at 18:58, maryportfuncity said: Read an interview with Jacqueline Wilson over the weekend in which she pointed out she's been treated for heart failure and kidney problems. She's 66, likely to last a while, but not into mega-old-age in that condition. Jacqueline Wilson gives a paywalled New Statesman interview where she notes she's been extremely self-isolating this year due to "a series of health issues" including the on-going aforementioned heart failure and a more recent kidney transplant. Quote Wilson is classified as extremely clinically vulnerable. “You don’t inevitably die if you get Covid if you’ve had a transplant, but it means you have no immune system,” she says. “And I’m old!” One to watch, clearly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 23, 2020 Star Trek / sci-fi author Dave Galanter dead of cancer at 51: https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/star-trek-novelist-dave-galanter-has-passed-away-from-cancer-at-51 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted December 23, 2020 Joanne Harris has been tweeting about her breast cancer diagnosis but it seems it has been caught early and she is getting treatment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namelesshere 11 Posted December 23, 2020 Alan Bennett, perhaps? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/23/alan-bennett-2020-diary-reveals-growing-health-struggles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,583 Posted December 23, 2020 Tweet reporting the death of science fiction novelist James E. Gunn (wiki) aged 97. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted December 23, 2020 6 hours ago, namelesshere said: Alan Bennett, perhaps? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/23/alan-bennett-2020-diary-reveals-growing-health-struggles Well, he's not getting any younger, plus he had open heart surgery last year too. It does sound rather like his body is beginning to fall apart though, which is a bit worrying. Rather good to read that proceeds of the recent Talking Heads stage show went to the NHS, seeing as I went to see one of them (the Kristin Scott Thomas/Rochenda Sandall) in that short time in September when we could still enjoy a bit of culture. Did he sell his house in London btw? I remember it was up for sale a while back but not sure of the outcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted December 23, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 17:01, msc said: Jacqueline Wilson gives a paywalled New Statesman interview where she notes she's been extremely self-isolating this year due to "a series of health issues" including the on-going aforementioned heart failure and a more recent kidney transplant. One to watch, clearly. Has list potential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,045 Posted December 24, 2020 Every fucking Time this thread pops up I think I may read « Boris Pahor’s dead » but the guy keeps holding on at 107 and survived some great authors who died this year (Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Crouch, Jan Morris, John le Carré...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,583 Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Tweet reporting the death of science fiction novelist James E. Gunn (wiki) aged 97. Hollywood Reporter obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted December 24, 2020 Rumours going round that Guy N Smith has died, but nothing concrete or properly verified as yet. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 24, 2020 Joel Yanofsky, a two-time winner of the Quebec Writer's Federation Mavis Gallant Non-fiction Prize for the books Mordecai & Me: An Appreciation of a Kind and Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism, has died. He was 65. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/award-winning-montreal-author-joel-yanofsky-has-died-at-65-1.5244380 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 27, 2020 Barry Lopez, a lyrical writer who steeped himself in Arctic wildernesses, the habitats of wolves and exotic landscapes around the world for award-winning books that explored the kinship of nature and human culture, died on Friday at his home in Eugene, Ore. He was 75. SCunto 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namelesshere 11 Posted December 27, 2020 I have my eye on Caroline Graham... 89 years old and hasn't written a new novel in 16 years. Ten years ago was writing a novel that never materialised. No news on health for a very long time but surely not long left. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 2, 2021 Maureen Lee, author of the Pearl Street series of books, among others, has died. She was 88. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-maureen-lee-dead-sunday-23250220 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted January 2, 2021 22 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Maureen Lee, author of the Pearl Street series of books, among others, has died. She was 88. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-maureen-lee-dead-sunday-23250220 Likely DDP hit I'd say, but she died on Dec 31st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted January 2, 2021 18 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Likely DDP hit I'd say, but she died on Dec 31st. Was she on the last one. The article was on the mirror before midnight on the 1st/2nd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
