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Rugby player Rob Burrow died June 2 at the age of 41. He wrote Too Many Reasons to Live and With You Every Step.
Filmmaker and writer Edgardo Cozarinsky died June 2 at the age of 85. His books include The Moldavian Pimp, The Bride from Odessa: Stories, Borges in/and/on Film, and Urban Voodoo.
Filmmaker and writer Edgardo Cozarinsky died June 2 at the age of 85. His books include The Moldavian Pimp, The Bride from Odessa: Stories, Borges in/and/on Film, and Urban Voodoo.
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Theologian Jurgen Moltmann died June 3 at the age of 98. His books include The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology and Theology of Hope.
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Author Matilda Koen-Sarano died June 4 at the age of 84. Her books include Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster and King Solomon and the Golden Fish: Tales from the Sephardic Tradition (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore.
Race car driver and owner Parnelli Jones died June 4 at the age of 90. He wrote As a Matter of Fact I am Parnelli Jones.
Australian broadcaster John Blackman died June 4 at the age of 76. His books include Aussie Slang Great Australian Slang and Phrases Explained in Basic English and John Blackman's best of Aussie slang.
Race car driver and owner Parnelli Jones died June 4 at the age of 90. He wrote As a Matter of Fact I am Parnelli Jones.
Australian broadcaster John Blackman died June 4 at the age of 76. His books include Aussie Slang Great Australian Slang and Phrases Explained in Basic English and John Blackman's best of Aussie slang.
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Author, artist, musician, and business manager MaryAnn Harris died June 3 aged 71. Her works include her collaborations with her husband: the Crow Girls CD and the story A Crow Girls Christmas.
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Windsurfer Farrel O’Shea has died at the age of 60. His books include An Introduction to Windsurfing and Advanced Wind Surfing (Adventure Sports).
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Artist Ben Vautier (who also went by 'Ben') died June 5 aged 88. His LT works include Strip-tease intégral de Ben, Tout Ben, and Fluxus and friends going out for a drive.
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Software engineer Mike Karels died June 2 aged 67. His work helped enable the internet as we know it. His collaborative works include The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System and The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Operating System.
Mathematician Sergei S.P. Novikov died June 6 aged 86. His works include The Geometry of Surfaces, Transformations Groups and Fields Part 1, Topology I : general survey (from the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences), and Solitons and Geometry.
Journalist and NGO head Christophe Deloire died June 8 aged 53. His works include Sexus politicus, Circus politicus, and 100 photos de Steve McCurry pour la liberté de la presse.
Former professional basketball player Chet Walker died June 8 aged 84. He wrote Long Time Coming: A Black Athelete's Coming-Of-Age in America.
Health and fitness expert Michael Mosley died June 9 aged 67. His works include The FastDiet, The Clever Guts Diet, and Fast Asleep.
Mathematician Sergei S.P. Novikov died June 6 aged 86. His works include The Geometry of Surfaces, Transformations Groups and Fields Part 1, Topology I : general survey (from the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences), and Solitons and Geometry.
Journalist and NGO head Christophe Deloire died June 8 aged 53. His works include Sexus politicus, Circus politicus, and 100 photos de Steve McCurry pour la liberté de la presse.
Former professional basketball player Chet Walker died June 8 aged 84. He wrote Long Time Coming: A Black Athelete's Coming-Of-Age in America.
Health and fitness expert Michael Mosley died June 9 aged 67. His works include The FastDiet, The Clever Guts Diet, and Fast Asleep.
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Publisher, writer, and editor Eric Hazan died June 6 aged 87. His works include The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps, A People's History of the French Revolution, and A History of the Barricade.
Political theorist and philosophy professor (Winfried) Fred R. Dallmayr died June 5 aged 95. His works include Language and Politics, Peace Talks: Who Will Listen?, and Polis and Praxis: Exercises in Contemporary Political Theory.
Journalist, broadcaster, and playwright Tony Cashman died June 3 aged 101. His works include A picture history of Alberta, An illustrated history of western Canada, and The Edmonton story : the life and times of Edmonton, Alberta.
Astronomer and stargazing tour guide Greg Quicke died aged 62. His works on LT are Is the Moon Upside Down?: A Quicke Guide to the Cosmos and Earth Turning Consciousness: An Exercise in Planetary Awareness.
Political theorist and philosophy professor (Winfried) Fred R. Dallmayr died June 5 aged 95. His works include Language and Politics, Peace Talks: Who Will Listen?, and Polis and Praxis: Exercises in Contemporary Political Theory.
Journalist, broadcaster, and playwright Tony Cashman died June 3 aged 101. His works include A picture history of Alberta, An illustrated history of western Canada, and The Edmonton story : the life and times of Edmonton, Alberta.
Astronomer and stargazing tour guide Greg Quicke died aged 62. His works on LT are Is the Moon Upside Down?: A Quicke Guide to the Cosmos and Earth Turning Consciousness: An Exercise in Planetary Awareness.
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Libertarian and former head of the Cato Institute David Boaz died June 7 aged 70. His works include The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom, and Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition.
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Nonviolence advocate, civil rights activist, and Methodist minister Rev. James M. Morris Jr. died June 9 aged 95. He wrote Revolutionary nonviolence : organizing for freedom.
Printmaker, workshop owner, and art publisher Sidney B. Felsen died June 9 aged 99. He wrote The Artist Observed.
Printmaker, workshop owner, and art publisher Sidney B. Felsen died June 9 aged 99. He wrote The Artist Observed.
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I was just looking up Eric Hazan to find out more about him, as I have a copy of one of his books TBR, and I notice he was actually born in July 1936 (so he was 87).
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>12 elkiedee: Fixed. Thanks!
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Engineer, computer scientist, professor, and transgender advocate Lynn Conway died June 9 aged 86. With Carver Mead, she wrote Introduction to VLSI systems; together, Mead and Conway revolutionized the designing and development of microchips.
Architect Fumihiko Maki died June 6 aged 95. His works include Nurturing dreams : collected essays on architecture and the city, Fumihiko Maki : buildings and projects, and Investigations in collective form.
Singer, astrologer, and writer Françoise Hardy died June 11 aged 80. Her written works include Le désespoir des singes et autres bagatelles, Avis non autorisés: Biographie, and L'astrologie universelle.
Journalist and pundit Howard Fineman died June 11 aged 75. He wrote The thirteen American arguments: Enduring debates that define and inspire our country.
Theologian Jürgen Moltmann died June 3 aged 98. His works include The crucified God : the cross of Christ as the foundation and criticism of Christian theology, Theology of hope, and Experiences in theology.
Former professional basketball player Jerry West died June 12 aged 86. His works include Basketball My Way, Mr. Clutch: The Jerry West Story, and West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life.
Architect Fumihiko Maki died June 6 aged 95. His works include Nurturing dreams : collected essays on architecture and the city, Fumihiko Maki : buildings and projects, and Investigations in collective form.
Singer, astrologer, and writer Françoise Hardy died June 11 aged 80. Her written works include Le désespoir des singes et autres bagatelles, Avis non autorisés: Biographie, and L'astrologie universelle.
Journalist and pundit Howard Fineman died June 11 aged 75. He wrote The thirteen American arguments: Enduring debates that define and inspire our country.
Theologian Jürgen Moltmann died June 3 aged 98. His works include The crucified God : the cross of Christ as the foundation and criticism of Christian theology, Theology of hope, and Experiences in theology.
Former professional basketball player Jerry West died June 12 aged 86. His works include Basketball My Way, Mr. Clutch: The Jerry West Story, and West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life.
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Journalist Graham Turner died June 3 aged 91. His works include The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles, Globalisation and the Worldwide Economic Crisis, The Leyland Papers, and The power of silence. The riches that lie within.
Therapist and teacher Arnold Mindell died June 10 aged 84. His works include The Shaman's Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships, and the Community, Dreambody: The Body's Role in Revealing the Self, and Dreaming While Awake: Techniques for 24-Hour Lucid Dreaming.
Therapist and teacher Arnold Mindell died June 10 aged 84. His works include The Shaman's Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships, and the Community, Dreambody: The Body's Role in Revealing the Self, and Dreaming While Awake: Techniques for 24-Hour Lucid Dreaming.
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>16 jldarden: Willie Mays indeed. He died June 18 aged 93. His works include Say hey : the autobiography of Willie Mays, 24 : life stories and lessons from the Say Hey Kid, and Willie Mays: my life in and out of baseball.
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Jewish scholar Frieda Johles Forman died June 9 aged 87. Her works include Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers, which was the first anthology of women's Yiddish prose fiction in any language.
Pharmacologist and Tamoxifen researcher V. Craig Jordan died June 9 aged 76. His works include Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer and Tamoxifen: A Guide for Clinicians and Patients.
Poet, translator, scientist, and writer David Shrayer-Petrov died June 9 aged 88. His works incude Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories and Doctor Levitin.
Sociologist, clinical psychologist, and civil rights activist Nathan Hare died June 10 aged 91. He started the first Black studies program in the United States. His work includes Black Anglo-Saxons, The Endangered Black Family, and The Miseducation of the Black Child -- The Hare Plan.
Writer and screenwriter Alberts Bels died June 11 aged 85. His works include The cage and Insomnia.
Children's book author Ruth Stiles Gannett died June 11 aged 100. Her works include the My Father's Dragon series, Katie and the Sad Noise, and The Wonderful House-Boat-Train.
Former CEO of St. Martin’s Press Thomas McCormack died June 15 aged 92. His works include The fiction editor, the novel, and the novelist and Afterwords : novelists on their novels.
Pharmacologist and Tamoxifen researcher V. Craig Jordan died June 9 aged 76. His works include Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer and Tamoxifen: A Guide for Clinicians and Patients.
Poet, translator, scientist, and writer David Shrayer-Petrov died June 9 aged 88. His works incude Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories and Doctor Levitin.
Sociologist, clinical psychologist, and civil rights activist Nathan Hare died June 10 aged 91. He started the first Black studies program in the United States. His work includes Black Anglo-Saxons, The Endangered Black Family, and The Miseducation of the Black Child -- The Hare Plan.
Writer and screenwriter Alberts Bels died June 11 aged 85. His works include The cage and Insomnia.
Children's book author Ruth Stiles Gannett died June 11 aged 100. Her works include the My Father's Dragon series, Katie and the Sad Noise, and The Wonderful House-Boat-Train.
Former CEO of St. Martin’s Press Thomas McCormack died June 15 aged 92. His works include The fiction editor, the novel, and the novelist and Afterwords : novelists on their novels.
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Whitbread Prize-winning novelist Joan Brady died June 18 aged 84. Her works include Theory of war, Bleedout, and The unmaking of a dancer: An unconventional life.
Writer, painter, and photographer Jan Cremer died June 19 aged 84. His works include I, Jan Cremer, Jan Cremer Writes Again, and Jan Cremer's logboek.
Writer, painter, and photographer Jan Cremer died June 19 aged 84. His works include I, Jan Cremer, Jan Cremer Writes Again, and Jan Cremer's logboek.
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Literary critic Frederick Crews died June 21 at the age of 91. His books include The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook, Postmodern Pooh, and Freud: The Making of an Illusion.
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Poet and translator Kazuko Shiraishi died June 14 aged 93. Her works include the poetry collection Seasons of Sacred Lust, plus the anthologies Women Poets of Japan and New Writing in Japan.
Historian Lothar Gall died June 20 aged 87. His works include Bismarck, the first modern biography of Bismarck, and Bürgertum in Deutschland.
Comics writer Peter B Gillis died June 20 aged 71. His works include many issues of Doctor Strange and Shatter, plus The Last Unicorn: Graphic Novel.
Historian Lothar Gall died June 20 aged 87. His works include Bismarck, the first modern biography of Bismarck, and Bürgertum in Deutschland.
Comics writer Peter B Gillis died June 20 aged 71. His works include many issues of Doctor Strange and Shatter, plus The Last Unicorn: Graphic Novel.
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I’ve returned temporarily to acknowledge the passing of Texas renaissance man Kinky Friedman on June 27 at the age of 79. Singer-songwriter, novelist, politician, poet, columnist, and humorist his books include Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola, Armadillos & Old Lace, The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover, Roadkill and many more. He was one of a kind. RIP. Say hello to Molly Ivins when you get there.
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>25 varielle: Right? What a guy.
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Fiction writer, playwright, and creative writing teacher Don De Grazia died June 13 aged 56. He wrote the 1998 novel American skin.
Former baseball player Orlando Cepeda died June 28 aged 86. He wrote Baby Bull : from hardball to hard time and back, High & inside : Orlando Cepeda's story, and My ups and downs in baseball.
Former baseball player Orlando Cepeda died June 28 aged 86. He wrote Baby Bull : from hardball to hard time and back, High & inside : Orlando Cepeda's story, and My ups and downs in baseball.
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Historian and professor Alon Confino died June 27. His works include A world without Jews : the Nazi imagination from persecution to genocide, The nation as a local metaphor : Württemberg, imperial Germany, and national memory, 1871-1918, and Foundational pasts : the Holocaust as historical understanding.
Physician John A. McDougall died June 22 aged 77. His works include The Mcdougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health, The McDougall quick & easy cookbook, and The McDougall Plan.
Physician John A. McDougall died June 22 aged 77. His works include The Mcdougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health, The McDougall quick & easy cookbook, and The McDougall Plan.
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Photorealist artist Audrey Flack died June 28 aged 93. Her works include Art & soul : notes on creating, Breaking the rules : Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990, and the just-published With Darkness Came Stars: A Memoir.
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Photojournalist and publisher Sara Facio died June 18 aged 92. Her works include Julio Cortazar, Retratos y autorretratos : escritores de América Latina, and Actos de fe en Guatemala.
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Keynesian economist Paul Davidson died June 20 aged 93. His works include The Keynes solution : the path to global economic prosperity, Financial Markets, Money and the Real World, and John Maynard Keynes.
Interpreter, travel writer, teacher, and LibraryThing author Ana M Briongos died June 25 aged 77. Her works include Black on black : Iran revisited, Mijn leven in Iran : de bazaar van Isfahan, and La cueva de Alí Babá.
Interpreter, travel writer, teacher, and LibraryThing author Ana M Briongos died June 25 aged 77. Her works include Black on black : Iran revisited, Mijn leven in Iran : de bazaar van Isfahan, and La cueva de Alí Babá.
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Historian Mogens Herman Hansen died June 22 aged 83. His works include The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes, Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State, and The Shotgun Method: The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture.
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Writer, editor, and scholar Robert Irwin died June 28 aged 77. His works include The Arabian Nightmare, The Arabian Nights: A Companion, and Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and its Discontents.
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Writer, playwright, visual artist, and teacher Shay Youngblood died June 11 aged 64. Her works include Black Girl in Paris, Mama's Home (illustrated by Lo Harris), and Shakin' the mess outta misery : a play.
Captain Richard Sharpe died June 22 aged 87. He edited Jane's Fighting Ships for fourteen years.
Journalist and professor William E. Burrows died June 29 aged 87. Their works include This new ocean : the story of the space age, Deep black : space espionage and national security, and By any means necessary : America's secret air war.
Captain Richard Sharpe died June 22 aged 87. He edited Jane's Fighting Ships for fourteen years.
Journalist and professor William E. Burrows died June 29 aged 87. Their works include This new ocean : the story of the space age, Deep black : space espionage and national security, and By any means necessary : America's secret air war.
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Journalist and writer Alan Gold died June 18 aged 78. Gold's works include The pirate queen : the story of Grace O'Malley, Irish pirate, The Lost Testament, and Bat out of hell : an eco-thriller.
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Chef, teacher, and restauranteur Rosa Lo San Ross died June 28 aged 86. Her works include Beyond bok choy : a cook's guide to Asian vegetables, 365 ways to cook chinese, and New wok cooking : easy, healthy, one-pot meals.
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Cookbook author Lorenza de' Medici died June 23 aged 97. Her works include Italy, the beautiful cookbook, The renaissance of Italian cooking, and The de' Medici Kitchen.
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Political philosopher Larry Siedentop died June 13 aged 88. Siedentop's works include Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism and Democracy in Europe.
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Shakespeare scholar Bruce R Smith died June 18 aged 78. Smith's works include Homosexual desire in Shakespeare's England : a cultural poetics, The acoustic world of early modern England : attending to the O-factor, and Shakespeare and masculinity.
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