Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Darrin Patrick
American author and megachurch pastor
Died on Saturday May 9th 2020
Vũ Đức Sao Biển
Vietnamese composer and writer
Died on Friday May 8th 2020
Barry Farber
American radio talk show host and author
Died on Thursday May 7th 2020
Gil Schwartz
American humor columnist (Fortune
Died on Wednesday May 6th 2020
John Lafia
American screenwriter (Child's Play)
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2020
Wada Shu
Japanese actor and playwright
Died on Friday May 1st 2020
Louis Haché
Canadian writer (Acadian literature)
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Nick Kotz
American journalist and author
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Germano Celant
Italian art historian and critic
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Deirdre Bair
American writer and biographer
Died on Tuesday April 28th 2020
Clara Mărgineanu
Romanian arts journalist and writer
Died on Monday April 27th 2020
Erwan Evenou
French writer and activist for the Breton language
Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
Bijay Mishra
Indian lyricist and screenwriter
Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
Per Olov Enquist
Swedish author (The Visit of the Royal Physician)
Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
H. G. Carrillo
Cuban-born American writer and academic
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Terence Frisby
English playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup) and actor
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Andrew J. Fenady
American screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Gérard Piouffre
French writer and historian
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Ian Whitcomb
English singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author
Died on Tuesday April 21st 2020
Sirio Maccioni
Italian restaurateur and writer
Died on Monday April 20th 2020
Leonie Kooiker
Dutch children's book writer (Gouden Griffel winner and Vlag en Wimpel winner)
Died on Monday April 20th 2020
Michael Gilkes
Guyanese writer
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Jean-François Bazin
French politician and writer
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Roger Beatty
American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show)
Died on Saturday April 18th 2020
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Brazilian professor and writer
Died on Friday April 17th 2020
Milena Jelinek
Czech-American screenwriter
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Ken Walibora
Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema)
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Donna Kauffman
American romance novelist and columnist
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Michael McCarthy
American television writer (Saturday Night Live)
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Joel M. Reed
American filmmaker and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Dean Parker
New Zealand screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Pip Baker
British screenwriter (Doctor Who)
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
C. S. Rao
Indian screenwriter (Pranam Khareedu
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Saul Turteltaub
American comedy writer and producer
Died on Monday April 13th 2020
Cheryl Wall
American literary critic
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
William R. Polk
American foreign policy consultant and author
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Giuseppe Aldo Rossi
Italian screenwriter (Giallo club. Invito al poliziesco)
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Iris M. Zavala
Puerto Rican author
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Patricia Bosworth
American actress (The Nun's Story) and author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Tim Robinson
English writer and cartographer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas
Ecuadorian writer and poet
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Rao Pingru
Chinese comic book author (Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China)
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Pentti Linkola
Finnish deep ecologist and writer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Jean Little
Taiwanese-born Canadian writer (Mine for Keeps
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
Spanish playwright and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Bernard Epin
French writer and literary critic
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Arthur Whistler
American ethnobotanist and author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Yuri Bondarev
Russian writer and screenwriter (Liberation)
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Abdul Qadir Junejo
Pakistani novelist and playwright
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Leonid Zorin
Russian playwright
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Bruce Dawe
Australian poet
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
May Lorna O’Brien
Australian educator and author
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Rik Kuethe
Dutch writer and journalist (Elsevier (magazine))
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020