Deaths Famous Dead Writers
John Masius
American television writer and producer (Touched by an Angel) · 16 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 16
Abdul Gani Bhat
Indian poet and political activist · 16 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 16 · Bhat
Marilyn Hagerty
American newspaper columnist (Grand Forks Herald) · 15 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 15 · Other
Antony Maitland
British children’s author and illustrator · 14 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 14
Marilyn Diamond
American author and detoxification promoter · 11 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 11
Robin Glendinning
Northern Irish playwright and politician · 09 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 9
Ted Mann
American screenwriter (NYPD Blue · 08 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 8
Philippe Goddin
Belgian leading expert and literary critic of The Adventures of Tintin and author · 07 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 7
Vasili Golovachyov
Russian science fiction writer · 06 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 6
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
French film critic and actor · 03 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 3 · French
Patrick Hemingway
American wildlife manager and writer · 02 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 2
S. S. David
Indian screenwriter (Agni IPS · 01 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 1 · David
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
American novelist (Ariosto · 01 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 1 · Yarbro
Ann McManus
British television writer (Waterloo Road · 31 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 31
Scott Spiegel
American screenwriter (Evil Dead II) · 31 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 31
Haim Nagid
Israeli poet and writer · 31 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 31
Alfred Hilsberg
German journalist and music critic · 30 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 30
A. K. Best
American fly fisher and angling writer · 29 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 29 · Best
Attila Mizser
Czech-born Hungarian-Slovak writer and poet · 29 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 29 · Czech
Yves Cuau
French writer and journalist (Le Figaro · 29 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 29 · French
A.K. Best
American fly fisher and angling writer · 29 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 29
Juliet Ace
Welsh dramatist and screenwriter (EastEnders · 28 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 28 · Welsh
Léo Gantelet
French poet · 28 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 28 · French · Leo
Mort Todd
American writer and businessman · 25 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 25
Franklin Domínguez
Dominican playwright · 25 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 25
Zdena Salivarová
Czech-born Canadian writer · 24 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 24 · Czech
Luis Alberto Lamata
Venezuelan film director and screenwriter (Desnudo con Naranjas · 23 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 23 · Lamata
Mammad Ismayil
Azerbaijani poet · 22 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 22
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Japanese playwright and director · 22 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 22
Eugen Gomringer
Bolivian-born Swiss poet · 21 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 21 · Swiss
Mariana Gándara Salazar
Mexican playwright and theater director · 21 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 21 · Salazar
Malcolm Margolin
American author and publisher (Heyday Books) · 20 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 20
Vivian Ayers Allen
American poet and playwright. · 20 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 20 · Allen
Marie-Mad
French comic books author and illustrator · 20 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 20 · French
Gérard Chaliand
Belgian-French geopolitics expert and poet · 19 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 19 · French · Gerard
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin
French screenwriter (Maigret · 19 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 19 · French
Salvo Vitale
Italian poet and writer · 18 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 18
Oldo Hlaváček
Slovak actor and screenwriter · 16 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 16
Berel Wein
American-Jordanian rabbi and writer · 16 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 16
Valdemir de Castro
Brazilian radio personality and sports columnist · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15 · Castro · Other
Vügar Tapdiqli
Azerbaijani writer and journalist · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15
Osken Danikeev
Kyrgyz writer and philosopher · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15
Vüqar Tapdiqli
Azerbaijani writer and journalist · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15
Vidadi Babanli
Azerbaijani writer · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15
Boualem Rabia
Algerian Kabyle writer · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15
Greg Iles
American novelist (The Quiet Game · 14 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 14
Michael Sloan
American television writer and producer (The Equalizer · 14 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 14
David Stratton
Australian film critic · 13 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 13 · Other
Margaret W. Rossiter
American historian and writer (Isis) · 12 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 12 · Rossiter
Marc Estrin
American writer and political activist · 12 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 12
Amnon Barzel
Israeli art critic · 10 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 10 · Other
Oleksandr Mukhin
Ukrainian cinematographer and writer · 08 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 8
Eldar Shengelaia
Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter · 03 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 3
Viggo Madsen
Danish poet and writer · 03 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 3