May 2, 2015 Writers Sherko Bekas Iraqi Kurdish poet Died on Sunday August 4th 2013 Other writersMarcel 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 71Edith Eger Hungarian-American psychologist and author dead at age 98Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73Alfred Slote American author dead at age 99More from IraqHussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr Iraqi politician dead at age 81Sajida Obaed Iraqi singer dead at age 68Tahir Jalil Habbush Police officer Intelligence officer dead at age 75More from August 4, 2013Betty Lee BabcockKeith H. BassoYitzhak BermanJohn BillinghamRonny BrucknerWilf CarterInmaculada CruzArt DonovanDominick HarrodBill Hoskyns Tags 04 August 2013 2013-08-04 August 2013 August 4 Bekas Iraq Sherko Writers ←Yitzhak Berman Keith H. Basso→