May 2, 2015 Writers Tarō Naka Japanese poet Died on Sunday June 1st 2014 Other writersNabyl Lahlou Moroccan filmmaker and playwright dead at age 81Yevhen 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 78Jean Alambre French author and songwriter dead at age 79Emily Grosholz American poet dead at age 75David 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 93More from JapanKenji Ohba Japanese actor and stuntman dead at age 71Kazuhiro 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 85More from June 1, 2014Salvador AnzelmoJohn Edwards ConwayAnn B. DavisBrian FarmerHeinrich FaschingKarlheinz HacklJohn HillsYuri KochiyamaDhondutai KulkarniJay Lake Tags 01 June 2014 2014-06-01 Japan June 1 June 2014 Naka Taro Writers ←Joseph Olita Lawrence G. Miller→