August 15, 2017 Journalists Writers Diane Pearson British book editor and author Died on Tuesday August 15th 2017 Other journalistsNikolay Tsaturyan dead at age 81, Armenian theatre directorKrzysztof Piesiewicz dead at age 80, public figureZoya Boguslavskaya dead at age 102, Russian poet and writerHerb Wharton dead at age 89, public figureVladimir Molchanov dead at age 75, Russian television host and journalistBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerBassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmakerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistAtaur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84Ralph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102More from BritainMosharraf Hossain dead at age 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP, minister of civil aviation and tourism and minister of housing and public worksAtaur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84Brandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball playerRalph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102Michael Sefi dead at age 82, British philatelistKevin Ndjomo Cameroonian sports journalist diesAuroras Encore public figure dead at age 23Jake Hall British actor, model and reality television star, head injury dead at age 35Dame Shirley Porter public figure dead at age 95Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61More from August 15, 2017John ParkerStephen WooldridgeDon GrossHeather HeyerJ. S. ParkerLuiz Vicente BernettiNick MantisJoi HarrisShanmugasundaramFranklin Cleckley Tags 15 August 2017 2017-08-15 August 15 August 2017 Britain Diane Journalists Pearson Writers ←Nick Mantis Joi Harris→