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Guy Béart (85)
French singer-songwriter
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American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon).
Frank D. Gilroy (89)
American playwright and screenwriter.
Rezo Cheishvili (82)
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Annemarie Bostroem (93)
German writer.
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German author.
Miroslav Josić Višnjić (69)
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Basil H. Johnston (86)
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Basil Johnston (86)
Canadian writer.
Joost Zwagerman (51)
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German author and poet.
Warren Murphy (81)
American author.
Graham Brazier (63)
New Zealand musician and songwriter (Hello Sailor).
Harold Drasdo (85)
English rock climber and writer.
William H. Grier (89)
American psychologist and author (Black Rage)
Brianna Lea Pruett (32)
American singer and songwriter.
Boomer Castleman
American singer-songwriter.
Oliver Sacks (82)
British-born American neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)
Wayne Dyer (75)
author and speaker
Luo Lan (96)
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American Mormon general authority.
Zuzana Brabcová (56)
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Uruguayan writer and actor.
Danny Sembello
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Indian Urdu author.
Ibtihal Salem (66)
Egyptian author.
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German author.
Anne Strieber
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Eriek Verpale (63)
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Gordon Vette (82)
New Zealand pilot and author.
David Nobbs (80)
British comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). (death announced on this date)
Ann McGovern (85)
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Portuguese writer and artist.
Hiroyuki Agawa (94)
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American book dealer and author.
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British writer and record producer.
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American writer and critic
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Polish holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek).
Peg Lynch (98)
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Corsino Fortes (82)
Cape Verdean writer and diplomat.
Don Oberdorfer (84)
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James L. White (67)
American screenwriter (Ray).
Ed Griffin (78)
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American author
Robert Broberg (75)
Swedish singer and songwriter
Ann Rule (79)
American true crime author known for her friendship with Ted Bundy and subsequent best-selling novel The Stranger Beside Me
Wayne Carson (72)
American hall-of-fame songwriter ("The Letter"
Sybren Polet (91)
Dutch writer.
Douglas S. Cook (56)
American screenwriter (The Rock
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Buddy Buie
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American television writer.
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Arthur Cave (15)
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Olaf Pooley (101)
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Wolf Gremm (73)
German film director and screenwriter.
Joan Sebastian (64)
Mexican singer and songwriter
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German writer and politician.
Chenjerai Hove
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American singer-songwriter.