Written in Stone - June 2020

Famed college football coach Pat Dye died June 1 at the age of 80. His memoirs include In the Arena and After the Arena and a children’s book War Eagle!

College football coach Johnny Majors died June 3 at the age of 85. He wrote You Can Go Home Again.

Country music guitarist Jimmy Capps died June 2 at the age of 81. His memoir was called The Man in Back.

Author Bruce Jay Friedman died June 3 at the age of 90. His many works include Steambath, A Mother’s Kisses and Stern.

Mystery writer Grace F. Edwards has died at the age of 87. Her books include If I Should Die and Viaduct.

Campaigner for the return of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea, Shigeru Yokota died June 5 at the age of 87. He wrote about his kidnapped daughter in Megumi.

Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas died June 5 at the age of 64. He wrote Kurt Thomas on Gymnastics.

Banker Nemir Kirdar died June 8 at the age of 83. He wrote Saving Iraq and Need, Respect, Trust.

Scholar of fantasy literature Colin Manlove died June 1 at the age of 78. He was the author of Fantasy Literature of England, Anthology of Scottish Fantasy Literature and much more.

Sportswriter and cartoonist Murray Olderman died June 10 at the age of 98. His books include Just Win, Baby: The Al Davis Story, The Draw of Sport and Mingling with Lions.

Legendary comic book writer Denny O’Neil died June 11 at the age of 81. Best known for his work on Batman, his many works include Batman: Knightfall and The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told.

>7 Crypto-Willobie: 4 May 1942 according to Wikipedia

>9 elkiedee:
Thanks, how'd I miss that?

Design critic Ralph Caplan died June 4 at the age of 95. His books include By Design and Cracking the Whip.

Acting teacher Kristin Linklater died June 5 at the age of 84. She wrote Freeing the Natural Voice, Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice and Talking the Text.

Sports writer William Gildea died June 14 at the age of 81. His books include When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore , Where the Game Matters Most and The Future is Now.

British singer Vera Lynn, particularly famous for entertaining soldiers during WWII with songs like We'll Meet Again, died this morning aged 103. Her memoir is called Some Sunny Day.

Socialite and former ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith died June 17 at the age of 92. She wrote The Nine of Us and Chronicles of Courage.

Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon died June 19 at the age of 55. His books include Shadow of The Wind, Angel’s Game and The Prisoner of Heaven.

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Neuroscientist Geoffrey Burnstock died June 2 at the age of 91. His books include Nervous Control of the Eye and
Purinergic signalling .

Journalist Michael Drosnin Is best known for making predictions based on a secret code he believed he had found in the Bible. He died June 8 at the age of 74. His books include Bible Code and Citizen Hughes.

The major league pitcher who gave up Hank Aaron’s 500th home run, Mike McCormick died June 8 at the age of 81. He wrote Major League Baseball: Most Feared Hitters.

Dance scholar Sally Banes died June 14 at the age of 69. Her books include Terpsichore in Sneakers and Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism.

Former Miami Dolphins player Jim Kiick died June 20 at the age of 73. With Larry Csonka he co-wrote Always on the Run.

Holocaust survivor Ruth L. David died of coronavirus on June 4 at the age of 91. Her memoir was called Child of our Time: A Young Girl’s Flight from the Holocaust.

Actor Ian Holm died June 19 at the age of 88. Aside from being an "Other Author" (narrator) on a number of audiobooks, he was also the author of an autobiography Acting My Life.

>20 Crypto-Willobie: His better known acting roles also include playing Bilbo Baggins in films of Lord of the Rings and Frodo in a UK radio dramatisation of The Hobbit. He was also an actor in productions of plays by Shakespeare and Harold Pinter

>21 elkiedee:
Yes, of course we all know he was famous as an actor on stage and screen.
I was restricting myself to his appearances as a more LT-conventional "author".

>22 Crypto-Willobie: Is someone's acting roles in book adaptations or the work of very well known playwrights not as relevant as their publications?

Scientist who warned about the health effects of pollution Kirk R. Smith died June 15 at the age of 73. He wrote Biofuels, Air Pollution and Health.

Charles Webb died June 16th 2020 aged 81. Probably best known as author of The Graduate which was made into a film of the same name.

Professor Rosemary Hollis died June 5th 2020 aged 68. She wrote on the Middle East and presciently warned that getting rid of Saddam Hussein might do more harm than good.

Novelist Jean Raspail died June 13 at the age of 94. His books include The Camp of the Saints and Who Will Remember the People... .

#27--Raspail was not a particularly good person. Just saying.

>23 elkiedee:

I obviously cannot provide a list of everything he has ever done, so I chose a couple. You can use the link provided and go to his page for other details.

>28 lriley: I don't judge. If they get published and bite the dust I'll include them.

Biographer Robert D. Richardson died June 16 at the age of 86. His books include Emerson: The Mind on Fire (Centennial Books), William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism and Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind .

Apologies to Varielle and other readers of the threads on this group, and in a couple of days I will edit this and my own other posts on the topic to remove the controversy, but I felt a response to one of my posts was unnecessarily unpleasant and rude in tone.

>22 Crypto-Willobie: >23 elkiedee: and >29 Crypto-Willobie: My point wasn't any expectation that everything should be added, but I would think that Ian Holm's literary contribution is as much as an actor in adaptations of famous and popular books and in plays which are often read in print but were originally written for performance Or in other words, his work as an actor is more significant/memorable to the world of books/literature than his published memoir, and I think a brief mention of both is relevant to those of us with an interest in literary obituaries.

I think it's possible to disagree without making people feel dismissed and belittled, whcih was the effect of >22 Crypto-Willobie: on me.

Sergei Khrushchev, son of the former Soviet leader, died June 18 at the age of 84. His books include Khrushchev on Khrushchev, Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower and he edited Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev.

>32 elkiedee:

Sorry you felt that way. I was just explaining why I did what I did.

Wendy Cooling has died aged 78. She edited a number of story and poetry anthologies for primary school age children, but she also worked in the book world and established a programme called Bookstart in the UK, which involved babies and young children being given several small packages of picture books, distributed not just through libraries but also through early years at school, children's centres, baby groups, hopefully reaching kids who might not already be taken to a library.

Advocate for worker safety, toxicologist Eula Bingham died June 16 at the age of 90. She authored the several volumes of Patty's Toxicology.

Civil rights lawyer Shirley Adelson Siegel died June 24 at the age of 101. She wrote Law of Open Space.

Sleep specialist William Dement died June 16 at the age of 91. His books include The Promise of Sleep snd Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine.

Novelist Charles Webb died June 16 at the age of 81. His works include The Graduate and Love, Roger.

Scottish lecturer Aileen Christianson died June 12 at the age of 75. She wrote Contemporary Scottish Women Writers.

Historian Zeev Sternhell died June 21 at the age of 85. His books include The Birth of Fascist Ideology and Neither Right nor Left.

South African writer Elsa Joubert died of coronavirus on June 14 at the age of 97. Her books include The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena and Bonga.

Photographer of the Chinese cultural revolution Li Zhensheng has died at the age of 79. His books include Red-Color News Soldier and Winds and Clouds.

Marvel comic book artist Joe Sinnott died June 26 at the age of 93. His work can be seen in Marvel Masterworks and The Thing: Project Pegasus Saga.

Artist Milton Glaser died June 26 at the age of 91. His books include Art is Work and Milton Glaser: Graphic Design.

Political scientist Lucius J. Barker died June 21 at the age of 92. His books include Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Cases and Commentaries (8th Edition),
African Americans and the American Political System (4th Edition) and Black Americans and the political system .

Author Muhammad Anwar died June 11 at the age of 75. His books include Between Two Cultures, Race and Politics and Young Muslims in Britain.

Theologian and Professor Emeritus James DG Dunn died 26th June 2020 aged 80. Author of very many books.

Actor and director Carl Reiner died June 29 at the age of 98. His memoir was called My Anecdotal Life. :’(

Paralympic rower Angela Madsen died on June 22 at the age of 60 while attempting a slow tow across the Pacific. She wrote Rowing Against the Wind and Fractal Cadence.

Author Rudolfo Anaya died June 29 at the age of 82. His books include Bless Me, Ultima, Albuquerque snd Zia Summer.

Screenwriter and playwright Lewis John Carlino died June 17 at the age of 88. His work includes Telemachus Clay, Cages and Doubletalk.

Marijuana scholar Lester Grinspoon died June 25 at the age of 92. His books include Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine and Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered.

Photographer Margaret Morton died June 27 at the age of 71. Her works include The Tunnel: The Underground Homeless of New York City and Fragile Dwelling.

Children’s book advocate Wendy Cooling died June 23 at the age of 78. Her books include Read Me a Story, Please and D is for Dahl.

Sportswriter and ghost writer for many sports stars Lonnie Wheeler died June 9 at the age of 68. His books include Intangiball and Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field.

Political economist Audrey Donnithorne died June 9 at the age of
97. She wrote China’s Economic System.

Historian Marc Fumaroli died June 24 at the age of 88. His books included When the World Spoke French, The Republic of Letters, L’Etat Culturel and Paris-New York: et Retour

Saks fashion executive Helen O’Hagan died June 6 at the age of 89. She wrote Bill Blass: An American Designer .

Vietnamese soldier who became a politician and counterinsurgency expert then a political prisoner Tran Ngoc Chau died of coronavirus on June 17 at the age of 96. He wrote Vietnam Labyrinth.

Historian Arthur Keaveney died of coronavirus on June 23 at the age of 68. His books include Sulla: The Last Republican, Rome and the Unification of Italy and Lucullus: A Life.

Tax lawyer Edward Kleinbard died June 28 at the age of 68. He wrote We are Better Than this: How Government Should Spend our Money.

Linguistics expert Alan Cruse died June 13 at the age of 86. His books include Cognitive Linguistics and Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics .

Sociologist Richard Gelles Died June 26 at the age of 73. His books include Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American family and Intimate Violence in Families.

Stage designer Peter Docherty died June 7 at the age of 75. He wrote Design for Performance.

Photographer Frank DiPerna died June 26 at the age of 73. His work can be seen in Terra Sancta and Frank DiPerna Color Photographs.

Psychologist Gordon H. Bower died June 17 at the age of 87. His books include Asserting yourself and Human Memory.

Sociologist Malcolm Brynin died June 26 at the age of 70. He wrote Changing Relationships.

Environmental educator Richard Grove died June 25 at the age of 64. He wrote Green Imperialism and Ecology, Climate and Empire.

Attorney and civil rights activist Constance Curry died June 20 at the age of 86. Her books include Silver Rights and The Lost Years.

Wine entrepreneur Anthony Terlato died June 29 at the age of 86. His memoir was called Taste: A Life in Wine.

* I will return to fix touchstones when the search function is restored.

Law professor Nadine Taub died June 22 at the age of 77. She co-Wrote The Law of sex Discrimination and Reproductive Laws for the 1990s.

Children’s author Kathleen Duey died June 26 at the age of 69. Her books include Skin Hunger and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

Former food columnist for New York Magazine Barbara Costikyan died of coronavirus on June 18. She wrote Be Kind to Your Dog at Christmas.

Industrial archaeologist Angus Buchanan died June 17 at the age of 90. He wrote Brunel.

Theologian James D. G. Dunn died June 26 at the age of 80. He wrote a multi-volume set called Christianity in the Making.

Career counselor Audrey Newsome died June 22. She wrote Student Counselling in Practice.

Editor Gail MacColl Jarrett died June 25 at the age of 66. Her books include To Marry an English Lord and The Book of Cards for Kids.
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