Edward Lucie-Smith: key obituary facts
Is Edward Lucie-Smith dead? Yes. Edward Lucie-Smith died on July 11, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Edward Lucie-Smith's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Edward Lucie-Smith known for?
He was a British art critic, writer and curator (born 1933).
More about Edward Lucie-Smith
Born: 27 February 1933.
Place of birth: Kingston.
Gender: male.
Occupation: poet, art historian, journalist, writer, biographer, art critic, exhibition curator, author.
Nationality: United Kingdom.
Education: Merton College, The King's School Canterbury.
Awards: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Father: John Dudley Lucie-Smith.
Mother: Mary Frances Lushington.
Also known as: Edward Lucie- Smith, Peter Kershaw, John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith.
Edward Lucie-Smith, the Jamaican-born English writer, poet and art critic, died on July 11, 2026, aged 93.
Born John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith in Kingston on February 27, 1933, he became a prolific figure across literature and the visual arts, working as a broadcaster, curator and editor as well as an author. His output ran to more than a hundred books, and by the late 1960s his interests had shifted largely from literature to art criticism and art history.
Educated at The King’s School, Canterbury, and later at Merton College, Oxford, he also used the pseudonyms Peter Kershaw and John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith.