Gerald Donaldson Canadian racing journalist dead at age 87
Gerald Donaldson, a Canadian racing journalist and biographer who specialized in covering Formula One,
died on December 14, 2025, at age 87. Born in Almonte, Ontario, on July 18, 1938,…
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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John Carey
British literary critic
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Magda Umer
Polish singer and author
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Joanna Trollope
English novelist (A Village Affair)
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Nermin Abadan Unat
Turkish academics and author
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Kenneth W. Ford
American theoretical physicist and writer
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025
D. L. Coburn
American playwright (The Gin Game)
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025
Ernest McCarty American bass player dead at age 84
Ernest McCarty, an American bass player, composer and playwright,
died on December 11, 2025, at age 84. Born in Chicago on March 26, 1941, he was an upright bass player…
Mark Jay Mirsky
American writer and professor
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Sophie Kinsella
English novelist (Shopaholic)
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Josh Becker
American director (Xena: Warrior Princess) and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Jean-Pierre Winter
French psychoanalyst and writer
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Tito Topin
French writer and illustrator
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Clara Pinto-Correia
Portuguese novelist and journalist
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Baba Adhav
Indian socialist leader and marathi writer
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
John Noble Wilford
American journalist and author
Died on Monday December 8th 2025
Alfonso Ussía
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Naĭden Vŭlchev
Bulgarian poet and translator
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Nihal Fernando Sri Lankan actor dead at age 71
Nihal Fernando, a Sri Lankan actor known for Kalpanthe Sihinayak, Maya 3D and Aloko Udapadi,
died on December 4, 2025, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, aged 71. Born in Colombo on…
Charles Norman Shay
American writer
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Barry Dempster
Canadian poet and novelist
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Pamela Kola
Kenyan children’s author and educator
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Arne Birkenstock
German film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday December 1st 2025
Daniel Woodrell
American novelist (Winter's Bone)
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Dave Hewitt
Scottish writer (The Angry Corrie)
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Gondoo U Thein Naing
Burmese writer and educator
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi
Burmese poet
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ram Loevy
Israeli film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
DeWitt S. Williams
American temperance lobbyist and author
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Sir Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in Love
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Fern Michaels
American author
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Wang Huo
Chinese novelist and journalist
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Paul Tremmel
German poet
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Stephen Downing
American screenwriter (MacGyver
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Jeanette Winter
American author and illustrator
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Tamilanban
Indian poet
Died on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Leonardo Fróes
Brazilian poet
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
David Hanly
Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland)
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Helme Heine
German writer
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Gavin Petrie
British writer and producer
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Jean-Louis Trudel
Canadian science-fiction author
Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Charlotte Bingham
British author
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Sören Sommelius
Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad)
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriter
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese novelist
Died on Sunday November 16th 2025
Dan McGrath
American television writer (The Simpsons
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Rachel Cooke
British journalist (The Observer) and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Maurice Denuzière
French journalist and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Michèle Audin
French mathematician and writer
Died on Friday November 14th 2025
Anka Ptaszkowska
Polish art critic and art historian
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Marina Lewycka
British writer
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara"
Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
French writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Daya Prakash Sinha
Indian director and writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Manuel Pérez
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
James Stevens Curl
British architectural historian and author
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Francine Christophe
French writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Anna Sandor
Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Dejan Ristanović
Serbian writer and computer publicist
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor,
died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived…
Karomatullohi Mirzo
Tajik writer
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Alison Rose
American model and writer (The New Yorker)
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Hal Sirowitz
American poet
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Murray Mednick
American playwright
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Ed Moloney
Irish journalist and author
Died on Sunday October 19th 2025
Ra’ouf Mus’ad
Egyptian playwright
Died on Saturday October 18th 2025
Sakineh M. Redjali
Iranian-American psychologist and author
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Baek Se-hee
South Korean author (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki)
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Yolonda Lawrence
American television producer and writer (Empire
Died on Thursday October 16th 2025
Zoë Wicomb
South African writer (You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town)
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Nasser Taghvai
Iranian film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Gurney Norman
American writer and poet laureate
Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Desire Moyo
Zimbabwean politician and poet
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025
Gillian Tindall
British writer and historian
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025