June 4, 2016 Writers Tsuyoshi Makino Japanese author Died on Friday May 20th 2016 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 JapanKazuhiro 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 85Isami Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95More from May 20, 2016Vasile DuțăWheelock Whitney, Jr.Kang Sok-juPatricia M. DerianMiguel de la Quadra-SalcedoJoe McDonaghYagya Datt SharmaÁdám RajhonaEric ArnoldJohn David Jackson Tags 20 May 2016 2016-05-20 Japan Makino May 20 May 2016 Tsuyoshi Writers ←Ellen Niit Xavier de Planhol→