May 2, 2015 Writers Masaru Emoto Japanese author Died on Friday October 17th 2014 Other writersMike Westbrook English jazz pianist and composer dead at age 90S. R. Ramaswamy Indian writer and journalist dead at age 88Colette Khoury Syrian novelist and poet dead at age 95Peter Terry South African actor, dramatist and poet dead at age 75Eirwyn George Welsh poet dead at age 89Eva Ramm Norwegian psychologist and essayist dead at age 100Ari Ben-Menahem German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist dead at age 97Mario Adorf German actor and writer dead at age 95Nguyễn Đức Mậu Vietnamese poet dead at age 78Michael Patrick Irish actor and writer, complications from motor neuron disease dead at age 35More from JapanYataro Tsuda Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors dead at age 73Bae Myeong-in South Korean politician, minister of justice dead at age 93Yoshihisa Kishimoto Japanese video game developer dead at age 64Shozin Fukui Japanese film director and screenwriter dead at age 64The Pillows Japanese rock drummer, esophageal cancer dead at age 61Jun Matsumoto (politician) Japanese politician, twice MP, deputy chief cabinet secretary, and chair of the National Public Safety Commission, stomach cancer dead at age 75Taneaki Tanami Postal worker dead at age 93Heisuke Hironaka Japanese mathematician, Fields Medal winner dead at age 94Wakashimazu Mutsuo Japanese sumo wrestler dead at age 69Shigeaki Mori Historian dead at age 88More from October 17, 2014John AndrewEdwards BarhamGero BisanzClaude BrodinBill DiachukHermione HobhouseJoseph HoganVladimír HrivnákLeigh KammanJosé Luis Lobato Tags 17 October 2014 2014-10-17 Emoto Japan Masaru October 17 October 2014 Writers ←Hermione Hobhouse Bill Diachuk→