May 16, 2018 Writers Tom Murphy Irish playwright (A Whistle in the Dark Died on Wednesday May 16th 2018 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 IrelandBrendan O'Brien Irish journalist dead at age 82Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Liam Browne public figure dead at age 89Noble Yeats public figure dead at age 10Moya Brennan Irish folk singer dead at age 73Patrick Campbell-Lyons public figure dead at age 82Murt Duggan Irish hurler dead at age 84Michael Patrick Irish actor and writer, complications from motor neuron disease dead at age 35Seán Barrett Irish politician, TD, minister of education and twice of defence dead at age 81More from May 16, 2018Joe ThomsonElena GreminPeter ByrneHoward BayneWilson Chisala KalumbaRoy WrightElena GreminaAisha AbimbolaRay WilsonThe Wanderer Tags 16 May 2018 2018-05-16 Ireland May 16 May 2018 Murphy Tom Writers ←Joe Thomson Elena Gremin→