May 2, 2015 Writers Yōko Mitsui Japanese poet Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014 Other writersDavid 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 99Marcos Petrillo Brazilian promoter, author, and music researcher dead at age 67More 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 January 2, 2014Terry BiddlecombeJeanne BrabantsTerry Magaoa ChapmanAnne Dorte of RosenborgLouis GeorgeBernard GlasserPatrick HeronElizabeth Jane HowardR. Crosby Kemper, Jr.Thomas Kurzhals Tags 02 January 2014 2014-01-02 January 2 January 2014 Japan Mitsui Writers Yôko ←Hal Newton Michael J. Matthews→