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Iranian writer and translator.
Richard Klinkhamer (78)
Dutch writer.
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Singapore-born American writer and political refugee
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French writer.
Edmonde Charles-Roux (95)
French writer.
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Austrian author.
Michel Tournier (91)
French writer.
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American author.
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Dutch writer.
Hubert Giraud (94)
French songwriter.
Robert Banks Stewart (84)
Scottish television writer (Bergerac
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Czech author.
David St Vincent (48)
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date).
Stanley Mann (87)
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector).
Gunnel Vallquist (97)
Swedish writer and translator.
George Jonas (80)
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American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idaho).
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American singer-songwriter.
Red Simpson (81)
American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck").
Anton Srholec (86)
Czech writer.
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American horror writer.
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American horror writer.
A. R. Morlan (58)
American horror writer.
A.R. Morlan (58)
American horror writer
Florence King (80)
American writer.
Labhshankar Thakar (80)
Indian author.
Elizabeth Swados (64)
American writer and composer (Runaways).
Joseph Ritz (86)
American author and playwright.
Long John Hunter (84)
American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Frances Cress Welsing (80)
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers)
Chris Barnard (76)
South African author
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Irish writer.
Stevie Wright
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Ignacio Rupérez (72)
Spanish author and diplomat.
Ottavio Jemma (90)
Italian screenwriter.
George Clayton Johnson (86)
American science fiction writer
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (85)
Pakistani actor and writer.
Mogens Rukov (72)
Danish screenwriter.
Peter Dickinson (88)
British author.
Tom Arden (54)
Australian-born British author.
Albert Bontridder (94)
Belgian architect and writer.
Luigi Creatore (93)
American songwriter and record producer
Phil Pepe (80)
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Argentine author.
Jon Gadsby (62)
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American indigenous leader and writer.
Chuck Williams (100)
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Japanese author
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Norwegian writer.
Vladimir Zheleznikov (90)
Russian children's author.
A. Sheriff (74)
Indian screenwriter (Avalude Ravukal).
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (87)
English-born Kenyan writer.
Pío Caro Baroja (87)
Spanish director and writer.
Fatema Mernissi (75)
Moroccon feminist writer and sociologist.
Shigeru Mizuki (93)
Japanese manga author (GeGeGe no Kitaro
Joseph F. Girzone
American Catholic priest and author.
Wayne Bickerton (74)
British songwriter ("Sugar Baby Love")
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Canadian actor and writer.
Jean Joubert (87)
French author.
José María Mendiluce (64)
Spanish politician and author.
Mark Behr (52)
Tanzanian-born South African author (The Smell of Apples).
Xosé Neira Vilas (87)
Spanish author.
Lennart Hellsing (96)
Swedish author and translator.
Aurora Venturini (92)
Argentine author.
Topazia Alliata (102)
Italian painter and writer.
Dan Fante (71)
American author and playwright.
Hazel Adair (95)
British television writer.
Anthony Read (80)
British screenwriter (Doctor Who).