October 3, 2016 Writers Gloria Naylor American novelist (The Women of Brewster Place) Died on Monday October 3rd 2016 Other writersVladimir Molchanov dead at age 75, Russian television host and journalistBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerBassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmakerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistAtaur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84Ralph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102Anja Breien Norwegian film director dead at age 85Michael Pennington public figure dead at age 82Frid Ingulstad Norwegian novelist dead at age 90Koji Suzuki Japanese writer dead at age 68More from AmericaDonald Gibb dead at age 71, American actorJason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastomaCharle Young dead at age 75, public figureBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistJack Taylor public figure dead at age 89Jack Douglas dead at age 80, American record producerBrandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball playerLou Graham dead at age 88, American golfer, U.S. Open championJim Colbert American golfer dead at age 85More from October 3, 2016Andrew VicariGary ReedMário WilsonLjupka DimitrovskaIsobel FinnertyGirma AsmeromAlain ChevallierAnthony GoodmanCai QiruiAhmad Salama Mabruk Tags 03 October 2016 2016-10-03 America Gloria Naylor October 2016 October 3 Writers ←Hanna Zora Rune Larsson→