Authors Last A Long Time, But....

[drol 11,964]

On 10/09/2022 at 12:27, drol said:

Decrepit heavyweight literary critic Noè Jitrik, 94, in coma after stroke, but "with favourable evolution". Of course.

 

Perplexed? Me too.

Noè Jitrik dead at 94.

[time 8,618]

Peter Robinson, creator of Inspector Banks, reported dead aged 72.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jill Pinkwater, an author and illustrator known for quirky drawings and whimsical books, has died. She was 80 or 81.

 

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/90560-obituary-jill-pinkwater.html

[Obitwatcher 21]

I couldn't find a page or references to the fine biographer Claire Tomalin, who will be ninety next June, and is married to Michael Frayn. Her most recent book is a biography of the young HG Wells (published last year). All her previous biographies of authors have taken in their whole lives, and so I wondered whether that was the original plan for this book, and abandoned due to failing powers/ill health of Tomalin.

[time 8,618]

On 20/09/2020 at 16:07, msc said:

A rare interview from July with my former pick, the writer/editor Dame Carmen Callil, where she actually mentions her health issues.

 

 

Carmen Callil dead, 84.

 

DDP pick for Pan Breed.

[msc 18,479]

20 minutes ago, time said:

Carmen Callil dead, 84.

 

DDP pick for Pan Breed.

 

I brought her into the DL conscious, but she's a unique pick for the Dames theme team this year, which isn't me.

 

Another DDP hit brought to you by BBC4, where she said in 2019 that her cancer was an on-going issue.

[time 8,618]

4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

I brought her into the DL conscious, but she's a unique pick for the Dames theme team this year, which isn't me.

 

Another DDP hit brought to you by BBC4, where she said in 2019 that her cancer was an on-going issue.

Yes, sorry about that. For some reason I was looking at 2019s DDP.

[The Old Crem 3,608]

4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

I brought her into the DL conscious, but she's a unique pick for the Dames theme team this year, which isn't me.

 

Another DDP hit brought to you by BBC4, where she said in 2019 that her cancer was an on-going issue.

Which is my team. I only added her the other year after you posted a come and get her post. 

[msc 18,479]

Just now, The Old Crem said:

Which is my team. I only added her the other year after you posted a come and get her post. 

 

Well, she was notable, old, had cancer, and is now a unique DDP success!

[gcreptile 10,979]

Leukemia apparently, but at 84, it could have been any other thing just as well.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

Tom Maddox, sci-fi writer in the cyberpunk movement reportedly dead: 

Coined the term Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics (ICE).

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534731/

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Tweet reporting the death of Alastair Fowler CBE (wiki), aged 91–92, Scottish literary critic, editor and authority on Edmund Spenser, game theory and Renaissance literature.
 

 

[Lafaucheuse 4,051]

French author Jean Teulé dead at 69 after a cardiac arrest following food poisoning this week-end…

[msc 18,479]

Cormac McCarthy NOT DEAD, releasing his first new book in nearly 2 decades.

 

Shades of Harper Lee?

[drol 11,964]

On 18/10/2022 at 22:49, YoungWillz said:

Tom Maddox, sci-fi writer in the cyberpunk movement reportedly dead: 

Coined the term Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics (ICE).

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534731/

As a big X-Files buff, I like to point out Maddox and Gibson wrote "Kill Switch" and "First Person Shooter", which are IMHO among the worst episodes of the series.

[msc 18,479]

15 minutes ago, drol said:

As a big X-Files buff, I like to point out Maddox and Gibson wrote "Kill Switch" and "First Person Shooter", which are IMHO among the worst episodes of the series.

Out of respect for the guy just dying I wasn't going to mention how shite those episodes were! 

[tracy 2,420]

John Jay Osborn Jr., author of The Paper Chase, dead at 77.

[justonecornetto 955]

American scholar and writer Thomas Cahill best known for his book  How The Irish Saved Civilization dead at 82

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

8 minutes ago, justonecornetto said:

American scholar and writer Thomas Cahill best known for his book  How The Irish Saved Civilization dead at 82

So he only wrote fiction?

[Gisooo 3,378]

Julie Powell dead at 49

 

Food writer known for her book in 2005 Julie and Julia, portrayed by Amy Adams in 2009 film

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

1 hour ago, Gisooo said:

Julie Powell dead at 49

 

Food writer known for her book in 2005 Julie and Julia, portryed by Amy Adams in 2009 film

 

A truly odd person, hoping for some good obituaries. Julia Child (correctly) thought she was a hack, then she wrote a book about how hard it was cheating on her husband.

[gcreptile 10,979]

British young adult author Marcus Sedgwick dies "unexpectedly" at 54:

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/award-winning-author-marcus-sedgwick-dies-unexpectedly-aged-54

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

Twitter reporting the death of SF author Greg Bear aged 71

[gcreptile 10,979]

Ellen Wittlinger, writer of queer young adult novels has died at 74:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Wittlinger

https://bookriot.com/ellen-wittlinger/

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

On 18/02/2022 at 20:50, Gisooo said:

American writer Tom Veitch (Wiki) dead at 80, know for his work in the comic book industry. He was also brother of comic visual artist Rick Veitch (Wiki)

 

His widow, Martha, also an author but nowhere near as well-known, died on 11th September.