Andy Paley (72)
American songwriter
Arthur Frommer (95)
American travel writer.
Charles Dumont (95)
French singer and songwriter ("Non
Denise Holstein (97)
French author.
Betty Wei (94)
Chinese-born American historian and writer.
Hippolyte Piroux (94)
French farmer and writer.
František Zvardoň (75)
Czech writer and photographer.
Valeria Narbikova (66)
Russian writer.
James Penton (92)
Canadian historian and author.
John Peaslee (73)
American television writer and producer (Coach
Tim Sullivan (76)
American science fiction author
Johnny Duhan (74)
Irish singer-songwriter
Jerry Reitman (86)
American author
Ella Jenkins (100)
American singer and songwriter.
Indra Soundar Rajan (65)
Indian author.
Dorothy Allison (75)
American writer
Sytze van der Zee (85)
Dutch writer and journalist
Daniel Spoerri (94)
Swiss artist and writer.
Nestor Rateş (91)
Romanian writer and journalist.
Olivera Nikolova (88)
Macedonian author.
Gaston Vogel (87)
Luxembourgish lawyer and author.
Zaal Samadashvili (71)
Georgian writer.
Phil Rickman (74)
British author.
João Scognamiglio Clá Dias (85)
Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and religious writer.
James Ledbetter (60)
American author
Rayda Jacobs (77)
South African writer.
Laura Restrepo
Colombian author.
Miquel Obiols (79)
Spanish writer.
Suzanne Osten (80)
Swedish film and stage director and screenwriter.
Jeri Taylor (86)
American scriptwriter (Star Trek: The Next Generation
Malene Sølvsten (47)
Danish author.
Gilda Holst (72)
Ecuadorian writer and academic.
Jean-Jacques Gabut (90)
French writer and journalist (Le Progrès).
Jadwiga Barańska (89)
Polish actress and screenwriter.
Simon Fieschi (41)
French webmaster and writer
Hans Rotmo (76)
Norwegian singer-songwriter
Alan Sacks (81)
American television writer and producer (Welcome Back
Bruno Bartoloni (84)
Italian journalist and writer.
Béatrice de Andia (91)
Spanish-French writer and curator.
Rafik Ben Salah (76)
Tunisian-Swiss writer.
Hualing Nieh Engle
Chinese-born American author and academic.
Reba White Williams (88)
American author and philanthropist.
Maurice Henrie (87)
Canadian writer and academic.
Elisabeth Harvor (88)
Canadian writer.
Inger Lorre (61)
American musician (The Nymphs) and songwriter ("Yard of Blonde Girls")
Sherry Coben (71)
American television writer and producer (Kate & Allie)
Stan Persky (83)
Canadian writer and media commentator.
Rieko Nakagawa (89)
Japanese writer and lyricist.
Daniel K. Hoh (45)
American television writer (Station 19)
Alexandre Voisard (93)
Swiss writer and politician
Gabriela Melinescu (82)
Romanian-born Swedish writer and essayist.
Marie Benetková (79)
Czech writer.
Antonio Skármeta (83)
Chilean writer (Ardiente paciencia).
Libby Titus (77)
American singer-songwriter.
Megan Marshack (70)
American television news writer and producer.
Bruno Pochesci (54)
Italian-born French musician and writer.
Jack Ponti (66)
American songwriter ("Hey Stoopid"
Donald L. Barlett (88)
American investigative journalist and non-fiction writer.
Lily Ebert (100)
Hungarian-born British Holocaust survivor and writer.
Robert Coover (92)
American author (The Public Burning
Sammy Basso (28)
Italian biologist and writer
Allan Blye (87)
Canadian-born American television writer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Jack Colwell (34)
Australian singer and songwriter.
Barbara Blackman (95)
Australian writer and philanthropist.
John Gierach (76)
American author and freelance writer.
Lewis Turco (90)
American poet and author.
Pierre Christin (86)
French comics writer.
Ken Tobias (79)
Canadian singer-songwriter
Doumbi Fakoly (80)
Malian writer.
Martin Lee (77)
English singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)
Ella Leffland (92)
American novelist and short story writer.
Thomas Rockwell (91)
American children's author.
Fayo (46)
Canadian singer-songwriter.
Kris Kristofferson (88)
singer-songwriter
Harold D. Guither (97)
American agricultural economist and writer.
Bengt Frithiofsson (85)
Swedish wine writer (Svenska Dagbladet
Hugh Prestwood (82)
American singer-songwriter
Keki N. Daruwalla (87)
Indian poet and short story writer
Sayuri (28)
Japanese singer-songwriter.
Murray Greenfield (98)
American-born Israeli writer.