August 6, 2015 Writers Hiroyuki Agawa Japanese writer (The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy Died on Wednesday August 5th 2015 Other writersYevhen Syvokin Ukrainian film director dead at age 88Yevgeny Sivokon Ukrainian film director dead at age 88Herman Branover Russian-Israeli physicist dead at age 94Marcel Labine Canadian poet dead at age 78David Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Yair Garbuz Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist dead at age 80Zelda F. Gamson American sociologist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 90Len Strazewski American comic book writer dead at age 71More from JapanKazuhiro Ninomiya Japanese judoka dead at age 79Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Katsumi Miyaji Japanese rugby union player and coach dead at age 85Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Kenji Gokenya Japanese politician dead at age 87Seigō Tsuchida Japanese politician, mayor of Higashine dead at age 82Masayoshi Tsuchida Japanese politician dead at age 82Kazuo Imanishi Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia dead at age 85Isami Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95More from August 5, 2015Ellen VogelTony MillingtonJerzy PłażewskiRaphy LeavittAna HatherlyGeorge ColeAntti LeppänenSvetlana BoymJames Herbert LaycraftKiripi Katembo Tags 05 August 2015 2015-08-05 Agawa August 2015 August 5 Hiroyuki Japan Writers ←Charles ‘Buzz’ Bowers Raphy Leavitt→