Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Peter Masterson
American writer (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) and actor (The Exorcist · 20 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 20
James E. Rogers Jr.
Americian businessman (Duke Energy) and author · 19 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 19 · Rogers
Timothy C. May
American technical and political writer (Cyphernomicon) · 16 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 16
Rob DesHotel
American television writer and producer (Man with a Plan) · 11 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 11
William Blum
American historian and author (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower) · 11 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 11
Enrico Crispolti
Italian art critic and historian · 09 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 9
Alun Morgan
Welsh jazz critic · 06 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 6 · Welsh
John D. F. Black
American screenwriter and producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show · 05 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 5 · Black
Vladimír Plešinger
Czech hydrogeologist and travel writer · 04 December 2018 · December 2018 · December 4 · Vladimir · Czech
Goran Stefanovski
Macedonian playwright · 29 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 29 · Göran
Gloria Katz
American screenwriter and producer (American Graffiti · 29 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 29
Akira Miyazaki
Japanese animation director and writer (Happy Moomin Family · 28 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 28
Mardee Kravit
American writer (Ryan's Hope) · 28 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 28
Harry Leslie Smith
British writer and political commentator · 28 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 28 · Smith
Ikeogu Oke
Nigerian poet and journalist · 26 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 26 · Oké
Larry Matysik
American professional wrestling commentator and author · 25 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 25
Chin Yang Lee
Chinese-born American author (The Flower Drum Song) · 25 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 25 · Lee
Donald McCaig
American writer (Rhett Butler's People) · 19 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 19
E. D. Blodgett
Canadian poet and translator · 18 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 18 · Blodgett
Iain Moireach
Scottish Gaelic writer · 18 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 18
Boris Poloskin
Russian folk singer-songwriter and poet · 18 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 18
Alistair Elliot
British poet and translator · 17 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 17
William Goldman
American novelist (The Princess Bride) · 16 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 16
Stuart H. Walker
American Olympic yachtsman and writer · 13 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 13 · Walker
John Faunce Roach
American film producer and screenwriter (Paradise Alley) · 13 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 13 · Roach
Stan Lee
American comic book writer (Spider-Man · 12 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 12
Juris Jurjevics
Latvian-born American writer and publisher · 10 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 10
Vladislav Ahromenko
Belorussian writer · 10 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 10
Vladimir Fromer
Russian-born Israeli writer and jourmalist · 09 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 9
Askhal Ahmetkhuzhin
Bashkir poet and literary translator · 09 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 9
Eric Schiller
American chess player and author · 06 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 6 · Éric
Ali Squalli Houssaini
Moroccan writer · 05 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 5 · Houssaini
Kenneth Roy
Scottish print and TV journalist and author · 05 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 5
Victor Marchetti
American CIA agent and author · 01 November 2018 · November 2018 · November 1
María Irene Fornés
Cuban-American playwright (Sarita · 31 October 2018 · October 2018 · October 31 · Fornes · Maria
Dave Duncan
award-winning Scottish-Canadian fantasy and science fiction author. · 31 October 2018 · October 2018 · October 31
John Taylor Gatto
American author and teacher · 30 October 2018 · October 2018 · October 30 · Gatto
Sangharakshita
British Buddhist teacher and writer · 30 October 2018 · October 2018 · October 30
Ntozake Shange
American playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf) and poet · 27 October 2018 · October 2018 · October 27