May 2, 2015 Journalists Writers Samih al-Qasim Palestinian Druze poet and journalist Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014 Other journalistsVladimir 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 PalestineMohammed Washah Palestinian journalist, airstrike dead at age 39More from August 19, 2014Ameyo AdadevohElaine M. AlphinCarlos ArangoSimin BehbahaniRichard DauenhauerLinda DéghJames FoleyYves FortierSam FosterHayk Ghazaryan Tags 19 August 2014 2014-08-19 al-Qasim August 19 August 2014 Journalists Palestine Samih Writers ←Elaine M. Alphin Ameyo Adadevoh→