drol 10,035 Posted June 30, 2016 American writer and philanthropist Barbara Goldsmith, author of Little Gloria, died aged 85 on June the 26th. Her real name was Barbara Joan Lubin and I don't know whether she was Jew or not. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/books/barbara-goldsmith-author-of-little-gloria-dies-at-85.html?_r=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,035 Posted June 30, 2016 Peter Asmussen, "famous" Danish writer, died on June the 28th, aged 59. http://www.b.dk/doedsfald/haab-om-en-sammenhaeng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,287 Posted June 30, 2016 Peter Asmussen, "famous" Danish writer, died on June the 28th, aged 59. http://www.b.dk/doedsfald/haab-om-en-sammenhaeng Do you know if he was Jewish? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,035 Posted July 1, 2016 Peter Asmussen, "famous" Danish writer, died on June the 28th, aged 59. http://www.b.dk/doedsfald/haab-om-en-sammenhaeng Do you know if he was Jewish? I don't think he was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,035 Posted July 1, 2016 Nigerian writer Elechi Amadi died on June the 29th aged 82. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36672302 For CoF: he was not Jewish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,264 Posted July 1, 2016 Nigerian writer Elechi Amadi died on June the 29th aged 82. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36672302 For CoF: he was not Jewish. Did he know any Jews? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,035 Posted July 1, 2016 Nigerian writer Elechi Amadi died on June the 29th aged 82. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36672302 For CoF: he was not Jewish. Did he know any Jews? Oh, stop it, you are not funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 885 Posted July 1, 2016 Wendy Leigh, 65, celebrity biographer and former lover of Robert Maxwell, reportedly by suicide via her London apartment balcony. Leigh, a former paramour of press lord Robert Maxwell I love that word. I'm guessing you'd need imagination on an industrial scale to enjoy sex with Robert Maxwell. Or GHB 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted July 2, 2016 What is it with poets dying in quick succession? Robert Nye has died aged 77. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/poet-and-novelist-robert-nye-dies-aged-77-a7116231.html I have placed him here as his novel Falstaff won the Guardian Fiction Prize and is probably critically acknowledged as one of the finest English novels of the 1970s, if not the 20th Century. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,738 Posted July 11, 2016 Sally Beauman She was widow of Alan Howard, so expect to see someone post her name in the Widow thread before August... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,214 Posted July 14, 2016 Popular DDP pick Peter Esterhazy is dead: http://www.welt.de/kultur/article157059139/Peter-Esterhazy-gestorben.html(link in german) Pancreatic cancer gets them all... (except Vera Caslavska, for now...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted July 14, 2016 Beaten to it! Daily Mail for a dozen DDP teams: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3690737/Hungarian-writer-Peter-Esterhazy-dies-66.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,738 Posted July 14, 2016 Might just concede that DDP title now. "Well, Gary, sloppy tactics by the manager there. He thought he was Ranieri managing Leicester City - he was actually Mark Hughes at Stoke!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted July 14, 2016 Might just concede that DDP title now. "Well, Gary, sloppy tactics by the manager there. He thought he was Ranieri managing Leicester City - he was actually Mark Hughes at Stoke!" Some DDP performances this year have been more akin to McClaren at Newcastle or the oystons at Blackpool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 820 Posted July 17, 2016 Children's book author Helen Bailey found underground. Her partner arrested for her murder. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3693186/Fianc-author-Helen-Bailey-charged-murder-body-discovered-garden-three-months-vanished.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,805 Posted July 17, 2016 Children's book author Helen Bailey found underground. Her partner arrested for her murder. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3693186/Fianc-author-Helen-Bailey-charged-murder-body-discovered-garden-three-months-vanished.html He killed the dog as well. Cunt. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,738 Posted July 19, 2016 Military author and retired diplomat Robert F Dorr is suffering from incurable brain cancer. Impending death not in question....but is he obitable? http://robertfdorr.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/news-from-bob.html?m=1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Dorr Who cares? He's 'deadable'. You folks really have issues putting carts in front of horses. I'll take 12 deaths and 4 of them don't obit vs your 6 folks that guarantee obits. You know who won't obit? LIVING PEOPLE!SC I look forward to doing battle with you in the DDP next year then. You know how obitable Robert Dorr was? He died over a month ago. I had him in the Hare's pool and didn't even notice. Not a chance of QO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted July 20, 2016 Military author and retired diplomat Robert F Dorr is suffering from incurable brain cancer. Impending death not in question....but is he obitable? http://robertfdorr.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/news-from-bob.html?m=1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Dorr Who cares? He's 'deadable'. You folks really have issues putting carts in front of horses. I'll take 12 deaths and 4 of them don't obit vs your 6 folks that guarantee obits. You know who won't obit? LIVING PEOPLE!SC I look forward to doing battle with you in the DDP next year then. You know how obitable Robert Dorr was? He died over a month ago. I had him in the Hare's pool and didn't even notice. Not a chance of QO. Isn't the Hare's Pool a little more relaxed about it's obits? This should do you, post it over in that thread. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-f-dorr-author-of-military-histories-dies-at-76/2016/07/03/c2c2371c-3e3d-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted July 23, 2016 Death Notice for Tom "Bud" Abraham, English author of the controversial reminiscence The Cage, which relates his alleged capture during the Vietnam War: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/204882/abraham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Abraham_book) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,288 Posted July 26, 2016 He's been mentioned in passing before, but Jean Raspail, author of the inflammatory 1973 novel Camp of the Saints, which predicted that a wave of immigrants would cause the collapse of western civilisation, is still alive at the age of 91. He gave an interview (in French) a few months ago - basically saying he was right about everything - and looks like he might soldier on for a while, but he'll definitely get an obit when he's gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,361 Posted July 27, 2016 Mystery author Bill Crider has a "very aggressive form of carcinoma". Per his Wiki, two of his novels were co-written with Today Show weatherman Willard Scott, of all people. One for the dead pools with very lax obit standards. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,035 Posted July 31, 2016 Fazil Isklander, most famous Abkhaz writer of all time, died aged 87. http://tribune.com.pk/story/1153008/soviet-humanist-writer-fazil-iskander-dead-87/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,991 Posted July 31, 2016 Mystery author Bill Crider has a "very aggressive form of carcinoma". Per his Wiki, two of his novels were co-written with Today Show weatherman Willard Scott, of all people. One for the dead pools with very lax obit standards. Reliable news sources in English language likely to report this so I'm guessing he's Deathrace friendly assuming he's amenable to breathing into 2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,624 Posted August 8, 2016 It has been a long time since I provided a list so here are the living winners of the World Fantasy Award in chronological order of the first win. Some of these names won't trouble us for a few years and some are regulars but there are some names that might be of interest.Winners of the World Fantasy Award 1. Patricia A. McKillip (1948) 2. William Kotzwinkle (1943) 3. Michael Moorcock (1939) 4. Elizabeth A. Lynn (1946) 5. Gene Wolfe (1931) 6. John Crowley (1942) 7. Barry Hughart (1934) 8. Dan Simmons (1948) 9. Patrick Suskind (1949) 10. Peter Straub (1943) 11. James K Morrow (1947) 12. Ellen Kushner (1955) 13. Robert R. McCammon (1952) 14. Tim Powers (1952) 15. Lewis Shiner (1950) 16. Christopher Priest (1943) 17. Rachel Pollack (1945) 18. Jeffrey Ford (1955) 19. Louise Erdrich (1954) 20. Martin Scott (1956) 21. Sean Stewart (1965) 22. Ursula K Le Guin (1929) 23. Jo Walton (1964) 24. Susanna Clarke (1959) 25. Haruki Murakami (1949) 26. Guy Gavriel Kay (1954) 27. Margo Lanagan (1960) 28. China Mieville (1972) 29. Nueni Okorafor (1974) 30. Laive Tidhar (1976) 31. E Willow Wilson (1982) 32. Sofia Samatar (1971) 33. David Mitchell (1969) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck, has died aged 72. http://www.wnem.com/story/32739975/john-steinbecks-son-fellow-author-thomas-steinbeck-dies In The Shadow Of The Cypress and The Silver Lotus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
