Deaths in July 2008

Historian and baseball lover Jules Tygiel died July 1 at the age of 59. He was the author of Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and his Legacy, Past times: Baseball as History, Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race and Baseball History, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks and Scandal in the Roaring Twenties, Ronald Reagan and the Rise of American Conservatism and The Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American Hero.

Republican former US Senator from North Carolina Jesse Helms died July 4 at the age of 86. He was the author of When Free Men Shall Stand, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, The Ramparts We Watched, Empire for Liberty: A Sovereign America and Her Moral Mission, and 100 Proof Pure Old Jess: Jesse Helms' Quotations.

Famed editor Clay Felker died July 1 at the age of 82. He was the author of The Power Game and Casey Stengel's Secret.

British diplomat Glen Balfour-Paul died July 2 at the age of 90. He was the author of The End of Empire in the Middle East, A Kind of Kindness and Bagpipes in Babylon.

Science fiction writer, poet and novelist Thomas Disch died July 4 at the age of 68. He was the author of The Brave Little Toaster: A bedtime Story for Small Appliances, Camp Concentration, 334, On Wings of Song, The Priest: A Gothic Romance, How to Behave when Dead and his latest The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten.

American Civil War historian John Y. Simon died July 8 at the age of 75. He was editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and author of Lincoln Revisited and House Divided: Lincoln and his Father.

Former head of the Cleveland Museum Sherman E. Lee died July 9 at the age of 90. An expert on Asian art, some of his books include A History of Far Eastern Art, Chinese Landscape Painting, Japanese Decorative Style, Ancient Sculpture from India and The Genius of Japanese Design.

Scholar of Irish literature David H. Greene died July 9 at the age of 94. He was the author or editor of J. M. Synge: 1871-1909, An Anthology of Irish Literature, 1,000 Years of Irish Prose and The Matter with Ireland.

Anthropologist William T. Sanders died July 2 at the age of 82. He was the author of The Basin of Mexico: Ecological processes in the evolution of a Civilization, Mesoamerica; The Evolution of a Civilization and New World Prehistory; Archaeology of the American Indian.

The first African American sportscaster Sherman L. Maxwell died July 16 at the age of 100. He ws the author of Thrills and Spills in Sports.

Russian author Anatoly Pristavkin died July 11 at the age of 76. He was the author of The Inseperable Twins, A Golden Cloud Spent the Night, The Valley of the Shadow of Death and Kaukasus! Kaukasus!.

Sportswriter Jerome Holtzman died July 19 at the age of 82. He was the author of No Cheering in the Press Box.

Scholar of Persia Ann Lambton died July 19 at age 96. She was the author of Three Persian Dialects, Persian Grammar, Persian Vocabulary, Landlord and Peasant in Persia: A Study of Land Tenure and Land Revenue Administration and The Persian Reform 1962-66.

Actress Estelle Getty nee Estelle Scher died July 22 at the age of 84. Her autobiography was called If I Knew Then What I Know Now--So What?.

Urban historian Richard Wade died July 18 at the age of 87. He was the author of The Urban Frontier, Slavery in the Cities: The South, 1820-1860, and Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis.

Artist and children's book author Richard Kidd died July 19 at the age of 56. He was the author of Almost Famous Daisy!, Monsieur Thermador: A Fantastic Fish Tale, Lobsters in Love: A Whirlpool Romance and The Giant Goldfish Robbery.

Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch who gave his Last Lecture and managed to live long enough to see it published, died Friday, July 25 at the age of 47 from pancreatic cancer.

WWII OSS agent Roger Hall died July 20 at the age of 89. He was the author of You're Stepping on my Cloak and Dagger, All My Pretty Ones and 19.

Scottish writer and broadcaster Bob Crampsey died July 27 at the age of 78. He was the author of Scottish Railway Connections, Jock Stein the Master, and Aberdeen - Final Edition.

Theater writer Stuart W. Little died July 24 at the age of 86. He was the author of The Playmakers, Off-Broadway: The Prophetic Theatre and Enter Joseph Paap: In Search of a New American Theater.

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Long time editor of Time magazine Otto Fuerbringer died July 28 at the age of 97. His autobiography was titled On Time.

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German writer Nicolaus Sombart died July 14 at the age of 85. He was the author of Journal intime, Jugend in Berlin, Romanian Journey - in the Country of My Mother, Pariser Lehrjahre and Rendezvous mit dem Weltgeist.

Designer Felicity Ashbee died July 26 at the age of 95. She was the author of Janet Ashbee: Love, Marriage and the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Carrick 1827-1878 and Child in Jerusalem.

Those we missed...

Children's author Sue Alexander died July 3 at the age of 74. She was the author of Nadia the Willful

Poet, playwright, and translator Carl Morse died July 26 at the age of 73. He is remembered primarily for his contributions to gay and lesbian publishing, most notably his co-editing of the anthology Gay And Lesbian Poetry In Our Time.