Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Bommi Baumann
German author and political activist · 19 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 19
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki") · 11 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 11
Wolfram Siebeck
German journalist and food critic · 07 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 7
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian film director and screenwriter (Close-Up · 04 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 4
Joe Jares
American sports journalist and author · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2 · Jareš
Robert F. Dorr
American writer and diplomat · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12 · Dorr
Michael Cimino
American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter) · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2
Ion Ianoși
Romanian-born Israeli writer and essayist · 01 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 1
Alvin Toffler
American writer and futurist (Future Shock · 27 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 27
Gopal Gurung
Nepali politician and author · 10 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 10
Maurice G. Dantec
French science fiction writer and musician · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25 · Dantec
Adam Small
South African writer and poet · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25
Samir Roychoudhury
Indian writer (Hungry Generation) · 22 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 22
Michelle Cliff
Jamaican-born American writer · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Michele Cliff
Jamaican-born American writer · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Bill Richmond
American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Bill Berkson
American poet and art critic · 16 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 16
Aslam Farrukhi
Pakistani writer and critic · 15 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 15
Richard Selzer
American surgeon and author · 15 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 15
Fred Caruso
American writer and director (The Big Gay Musical) · 13 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 13
Mihai Dragolea
Romanian prose writer · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Achyut Lahkar
Indian actor and playwright · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Nicola Tanda
Italian literary critic and philologist · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Singaporean writer and actress · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6 · Chan
Héctor Zumbado
Cuban writer and comedian · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Ayaz Jani
Pakistani Sindhi poet and journalist · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Erkin Vohidov
Uzbek poet · 30 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 30
Farid Seiful-Mulyukov
Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Ellen Niit
Estonian author and translator · 30 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 30
Jo Beverley
British-born Canadian writer · 23 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 23
Carla Lane
English television writer (The Liver Birds · 31 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 31
Mathew Mattam
Indian Malayalam author · 29 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 29
Gyula Kosice
Slovak-born Argentine poet · 25 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 25
Robert W. Gutman
American musicologist and biographer of Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 18 May 2016 · May 2016 · Gutman · May 18
Alexandre Astruc
French film critic and director · 19 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 19
Nicholas Fisk
British children's author · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10
Deddy Dores
Indonesian singer and song writer · 17 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 17
Bill MacIlwraith
British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company) · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9
Alvise Zorzi
Italian journalist and author · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14
Katherine Dunn
American writer (Geek Love) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
John Bradshaw
American self-help writer · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentator · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writer · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Rauf