Bruno Pochesci (54)
Italian-born French musician and writer.
Jack Ponti (66)
American songwriter ("Hey Stoopid"
Donald L. Barlett (88)
American investigative journalist and non-fiction writer.
Lily Ebert (100)
Hungarian-born British Holocaust survivor and writer.
Robert Coover (92)
American author (The Public Burning
Sammy Basso (28)
Italian biologist and writer
Allan Blye (87)
Canadian-born American television writer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Jack Colwell (34)
Australian singer and songwriter.
Barbara Blackman (95)
Australian writer and philanthropist.
John Gierach (76)
American author and freelance writer.
Lewis Turco (90)
American poet and author.
Pierre Christin (86)
French comics writer.
Ken Tobias (79)
Canadian singer-songwriter
Doumbi Fakoly (80)
Malian writer.
Martin Lee (77)
English singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)
Ella Leffland (92)
American novelist and short story writer.
Thomas Rockwell (91)
American children's author.
Fayo (46)
Canadian singer-songwriter.
Kris Kristofferson (88)
singer-songwriter
Harold D. Guither (97)
American agricultural economist and writer.
Bengt Frithiofsson (85)
Swedish wine writer (Svenska Dagbladet
Hugh Prestwood (82)
American singer-songwriter
Keki N. Daruwalla (87)
Indian poet and short story writer
Sayuri (28)
Japanese singer-songwriter.
Murray Greenfield (98)
American-born Israeli writer.
Anja Jantschik (55)
German journalist and writer.
Ian Davidson (84)
British scriptwriter (The Two Ronnies
Maxime Tandonnet (65)
French civil servant and writer.
Chris Jones (84)
English rock climber and writer.
Ron Green (95)
American sportswriter (Charlotte Observer) and author.
Neil King Jr. (65)
American journalist and author
JD Souther (78)
American singer-songwriter.
Ernesto Franco (68)
Italian academic and writer.
Billy Edd Wheeler (91)
American singer and songwriter ("Jackson"
Elaine DePrince (77)
American author and activist
Moisés Canelo (74)
Honduran singer-songwriter
Sebastiano Sandro Ravagnani (67)
Italian TV author.
Jean-Henri Meunier (74)
French film director and screenwriter.
Frankie Beverly (77)
American singer-songwriter.
Tie Liu (91)
Chinese writer and political dissident.
Victoria Thompson (76)
American author.
Bora Đorđević (71)
Serbian singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba)
Göran Fristorp (76)
Swedish singer and songwriter (Malta).
Eric Gilliland
American television producer and writer (Roseanne
Stevie Cameron (80)
Canadian journalist and author.
Daniela Hodrová (78)
Czech writer and literary scholar.
K. J. Baby (70)
Indian writer.
Willie Zingani (70)
Malawi writer and journalist.
Paul Dwayne (60)
Canadian singer-songwriter.
Darrel J. McLeod (67)
Canadian Cree writer.
Steve Silberman (66)
American writer (NeuroTribes)
Gholam Reza Afkhami (87)
Iranian scholar and author.
Benoîte Crevoisier (86)
Swiss writer and schoolteacher.
Rudy Franchi (85)
American author and television personality (Antiques Roadshow)
Scott Thorson (65)
American gigolo and writer.
Jiří Hanibal (95)
Czech writer
Ghulam Murshid (84)
Bangladeshi writer and journalist.
Sigit Riyanto
Indonesian lecturer and writer.
Somaya Ramadan (73)
Egyptian writer and translator.
Landon Jones (80)
American editor and author.
Dennis Brent (73)
American magazine publisher and author.
Brigitte Blobel (81)
German writer.
Sergio Donati (91)
Italian screenwriter (Once Upon a Time in the West
Timothy Dudley-Smith (97)
British Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter
Márcio Souza (78)
Brazilian writer (Galvez – Imperador do Acre).
Lee Spetner (97)
American-Israeli biophysicist and creationist author.
Charles R. Cross (67)
American author (Heavier Than Heaven
Annick de Souzenelle (101)
French writer.
Mary Wings (75)
American cartoonist and writer.
Mitsu Tanaka (81)
Japanese feminist and writer.
Daniel Mastral (57)
Brazilian author and speaker
George Schenck (82)
American television writer and producer (NCIS).
Jeremy Strong (74)
British writer.
Joyce Brabner (72)
American comics writer (Brought to Light
Hassan Sami Youssef
Palestinian novelist and screenwriter.
Annie Le Brun (81)
French writer and poet.
Francine Pascal (92)
American author (Sweet Valley High)
Gail Lumet Buckley (86)
American journalist and author
Martin Phillipps (61)
New Zealand vocalist and guitarist (The Chills) and songwriter ("Pink Frost"
Oldřich Janota (74)
Czech singer-songwriter.