JQW 281 Posted February 12, 2021 Music biographer Johnny Rogan, aged 67. Johnny Rogan, leading music biographer, dies, aged 67 (irishtimes.com) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,087 Posted February 12, 2021 33 minutes ago, JQW said: Music biographer Johnny Rogan, aged 67. Johnny Rogan, leading music biographer, dies, aged 67 (irishtimes.com) Just glimpsed the name and saw Irish Times and thought it was Johnny Logan. Don't do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted February 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Bentrovato said: Just glimpsed the name and saw Irish Times and thought it was Johnny Logan. Don't do that. Aye, 67 years old (so he didn't last that long of a time, then) and appropriately on page 67 of this thread I'll own up to reading and appreciating his bios of The Byrds, Neil Young and - his greatest work IMHO - the "Severed Alliance" book on Morrissey and Marr of the The Smiths 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 12, 2021 Rachna Gilmore, an Indian-born, Canadian children's author and Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature for her book A Screaming Kind of Day, died February 1st. She was 68. https://quillandquire.com/omni/rachna-gilmore-prolific-childrens-book-author-has-died/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted February 17, 2021 Christopher Lee (not that one), author & historian, who wrote This Sceptered Isle, a 46 hour long radio series, for the BBC, has died aged 79, after catching Covid. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 18, 2021 9 hours ago, time said: Christopher Lee (not that one), author & historian, who wrote This Sceptered Isle, a 46 hour long radio series, for the BBC, has died aged 79, after catching Covid. What do you mean ‘not that one’? Is there another one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted March 7, 2021 On 14/01/2021 at 12:11, drol said: Ma Shitu turns 106 tomorrow and was visited at home by some literary guy. Able to use a computer, didn't stand up, but looks excellent for his age and his mind is razor-sharp. Another one destined to last quite a bit. Unsinkable Ma Shitu back to writing after announcing his retirement, as he thinks his last work has not been understood properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted March 9, 2021 Twitter reporting that long term Poker Tourney pick Norton Juster is dead. Usual confirmations.... 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Twitter reporting that long term Poker Tourney pick Norton Juster is dead. Usual confirmations.... There is a Yahoo report and Rolling Stone but nothing I would consider QO worthy but I don't doubt the veracity of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Twitter reporting that long term Poker Tourney pick Norton Juster is dead. Usual confirmations.... Grauniad obituary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 11, 2021 Marianne Carus, an editor, publisher, education reformer and founder of Cricket magazine, has died. She was 92. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/85788-obituary-marianne-carus.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted March 22, 2021 Barbara Amiel, British-Canadian author and wife of Conrad Black on BBC HardTalk tonight. 81 this year. I know she’s had cosmetic work done but still looks incredible for her age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted March 22, 2021 You think? Looks to me like she's heading towards the Bride of Wildenstein look. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted March 26, 2021 On 01/03/2019 at 11:03, arrowsmith said: Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove. Brokeback Mountain was written by Annie Proulx. Spoke too soon. McMurtry did help adapt Proulx’s short story into a screenplay. Mea culpa. Though he is much more famous for Lonesome Dove which was turned into a mini-series. Larry McMurtry dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/larry-mcmurtry-dead.html Probably Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment more famous to me. Edit: DDP Pick. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted March 26, 2021 On 01/03/2019 at 06:57, CaptainChorizo said: She is definitely list worthy and is equally if not more notable than Wouk. Also someone in that group who would be DL worthy is Larry McMurtry,even if people haven't seen the movie adapted from his book, I am sure everyone has heard of Brokeback Mountain. Future DL chances all comes down if any of them reach the 90+ range in the or have a public terminal cancer diagnosis Two years later and Larry McMurtry has died aged 84. eta: Acknowledging the fact that YoungWillz beat me to the punch. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted March 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, time said: Two years later and Larry McMurtry has died aged 84. eta: Acknowledging the fact that YoungWillz beat me to the punch. Sorry, just happened to be about. I'm not about much, sods law I got to this one first! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted March 26, 2021 Just now, YoungWillz said: Sorry, just happened to be about. I'm not about much, sods law I got to this one first! Apology not necessary, I'm about too much, but rarely at the right time! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted April 8, 2021 Peter Manso https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Peter-Manso/1793613 predominantly a biographer or sports writer but with a wide range of subjects has died, aged 80. Seen the news on FB from some other sports authors and I'm sure a full obit will follow. Edit local obit: https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/04/07/cape-author-peter-manso-80-died-wednesday-his-truro-home/7132607002/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 8, 2021 Margaret Wander Bonanno, an American science fiction writer noted for penning Star Trek novels, has died. She was 71. https://decandido.wordpress.com/2021/04/08/margaret-wander-bonanno-rip/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted May 4, 2021 Obituary for English playwright, screenwriter and actor Charles Dyer: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/charles-dyer Appeared in The Knack (Photo Booth Man) and Richard Lester's How I Won The War and also alongside Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott in several episodes of the sitcom Hugh And I. His play about a gay couple owning a barber shop in London's East End, Staircase, was adapted by him into a film of the same name with Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, which might not have been their best work. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245697/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted May 11, 2021 On 21/11/2020 at 21:49, 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. He's not dead, but Disney have given in and are paying Alan Dean Foster his royalties. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 12, 2021 Susie Steiner unable to give a Skype/Zoom interview to mark her nomination for "Crime Novel of the Year", is instead represented by editor. They don't give a reason why Steiner isn't present, just that she "can't be here". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted May 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said: Susie Steiner unable to give a Skype/Zoom interview to mark her nomination for "Crime Novel of the Year", is instead represented by editor. They don't give a reason why Steiner isn't present, just that she "can't be here". Yeah, she (?) recently altered her Twitter bio to add her agent's contact address. I assume it means that she can no longer reply to anything herself. It's the end of the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted May 13, 2021 Seamus Dean, perhaps most well known for his Guardian Fiction Prize-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted debut novel Reading in the Dark (1996), died at 81 years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-57101114 He is also notable for his poetry collections such as Gradual Wars (1972) as well as for such nonfiction works as A Short History of Irish Literature (1986). 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,959 Posted May 26, 2021 Eric Carle of The Very Hungry Caterpillar fame dead at 91: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died 2 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
