Deaths in November - 2019

Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado died November 2 at the age of 88. He wrote Beyond the Horizon: Visions of the New Millennium and El Mundo Secreto de Walter Mercado.

Civil War historian James I. Robertson died November 2 at the age of 89. His many books include Tenting Tonight: A Soldier’s Life, General A. P. Hill and A Concise illustrated history of the Civil War.

Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne died November 4 at the age of 85. He wrote The Time of My Life: An Autobiography.

Former Navy Seal and TV game show Survivor, Rudy Boesch died November 1 at the age of 91. He wrote The Book of Rudy: The Wit and Wisdom of Rudy Boesch.

Famed southern author Ernest J. Gaines died November 5 at the age of 86. He is best known for A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. I met him once. :'(

Playwright William B. Branch died November 3 at the age of 92. He edited Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama and Crosswinds: An Anthology of Black Dramatists in the Diaspora.

Experimental fiction Author Stephen Dixon died November 6 at the age of 83. His many works include I., The Stories of Stephen Dixon and Frog: A Novel.

One of Turkey's leading Shakespeare scholars, Özdemir Nutku, died November 8. He was the author of, among other works, Shakespeare Sozlugu (Shakespeare Dictionary).

Journalist Peter Collier died November 1 at the age of 80. His books include The Kennedy’s: An American drama and The Roosevelts: an American Saga.

Creator of Topo Gigio, puppeteer Maria Perego died November 7 at the age of 95. She wrote Io e Topo Gigio.

Political scientist Albert Tevoedjre died November 6 at the age of 89. His books include Poverty, Wealth of Mankind aka La Pauvrete, richesse des peuples and Le bonheur de servir.

Marista Leishmann died November 3rd 2019 aged 87. She wrote a biography of her father Reith of the BBC My Father.

Beatles' photographer Robert Freeman died November 7 at the age of 82. His books include The Beatles: A Private View and Yesterday: The Beatles 1963-1965.

Montana artist & fly fisherman Russell Chatham died November 10 at the age of 80. His books include Silent Seasons: Twenty-One Fishing Stories and Russell Chatham: One Hundred Paintings .

Actor and comedian Niall Toibin died November 13 at the age of 89. His books include The Irish Reciter and Smile and Be a Villain!

Novelist Andrea Newman died on 9 November at the age of 81. Her books included A Bouquet of Barbed Wire, which was hardly noticed when it was first published in 1968 but it was later adapted into a very successful TV series.

Architect Shoji Sadao died November 3 at the age of 92. He wrote Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi: Best of Friends.

Race scholar Noel Ignatiev died November 9 at the age of 78. His books include How the Irish Became White and Race Traitor.

Biographer Carol Brightman died November 11 at the age of 80. Her books include Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy.

Toxicologist Dr. Janette D. Sherman died November 7 at the age of 89. She wrote Life’s Delicate Balance and Chemical Exposure and Disease.

Photographer Terry O'Neill died November 16 at the age of 81. His books include Legends and Sinatra: Frank & Friendly.

Journalist George Feifer died November 12 at the age of 85. His books include Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb, Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism and Moscow Farewell .

Holocaust survivor, Professor Susan Cernyak-Spatz died November 17 at the age of 97. She wrote Protective Custody: Prisoner 34042.

Buddhist monk Thich Tri Quang died Novmber 8 at the age of 95. He wrote Engaged Buddhism And Development.

Cyclist Raymond Poulidor died November 13 at the age of 83. His autobiography was called Poulidor.

Historian William Seale died November 21 at the age of 80. His many books include The President's House , The Tasteful Interlude: American Interiors Through the Camera's Eye, The White House: The History of an American Idea and White House Garden.

Snowboard pioneer Jake Carpenter died November 20 at the age of 65. He wrote Snowmobile Best Trick.

Reporter who loved comic books, Tom Spurgeon died November 13 at the age of 50. He wrote Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book and We Told You So: Comics as Art.

Cartoonist Gahan Wilson died November 21 at the age of 89. His many books include The Big Book of Freaks and And Then we’ll Get Him.

Bartender with a writing problem, Gary Regan died November 15 at the age of 68. His books include The Bartender’s Bible and The Joy of Mixology.

Social activist and Japanese WWII prison camp survivor, Mary Taylor Previte died November 16 at the age of 87. Her memoirs include Hungry Ghosts: One Woman's Mission to Change Their World and SONG OF SALVATION AT WEIHSIEN PRISON CAMP 濰縣集中營經歷記述 .

Critic John Simon died November 24 at the age of 94. His books include Paradigms lost: Reflections on Literacy and Reverse Angle.

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Baseball historian Dorothy Seymour Mills died November 17 at the age of 91. Her books include Ann Likes Red , Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession with Its History, Numbers, People and Places and The Tent.

Author, theatre director and physician Jonathan Miller died November 27 at the age of 85. His works include Darwin for Beginners, The Body in Question and The Human Body .

Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes died November 26 at the age of 59. His books include New British Classics , Rhodes Around Britain (Great Foods) and Keeping It Simple.

Critic and broadcaster Clive James died November 24 at the age of 80. His many books include Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts and Unreliable Memoirs.

Former Asst US Attorney General William Ruckelshaus died November 27 at the age of 87. He wrote Don’t Leave it All to the Experts.

Historian Marilyn Yalom died November 20 at the age of 87. Her many books include History of the Breast, History of the Wife and Birth of the Chess Queen.

US Admiral James L. Holloway III died November 27 at the age of 97. He wrote Aircraft Carriers at War and Aircraft Carriers, All the Questions You ever Wondered About.

Former Prime Minister of Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone died November 29 at the age of 101. He wrote The Making if the New Japan.

Sports statistician Seymour Siwoff died November 29 at the age of 99. His many books include The Elias Baseball Analyst and The Elias Book of Baseball Records.

Scientist and a former FDA Commissioner, Frank E. Young died November 24 at the age of 88. He edited Genetic Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Genes.

Song writer Irving Burgie died November 29 at the age of 95. His autobiography is Day-O!!! The Autobiography of Irving Burgie.

British military historian Michael Howard died November 30. At the age of 97. His many books include The First World War: A Very Short Introduction and War in European History.

Dr. Perry Hoffman died November 3 at the age of 75. She wrote Borderline Personality Disorder Meeting the Challenges.

Children’s author Andrew Clements died November 29 at the age of 70. His many books include Frindle and Things Not Seen.

Cartoonist Howard Cruse died November 26 at the age of 75. His works include Stuck Rubber Baby and Wendel All Together.

Photographer Raeanne Rubenstein died November 30 at the age of 74. Her work can be seen in Gone Country , Dionysus in 69 and Honkytonk Heroes.

Former head of the Social Security Administration, Dorcas Hardy died November 28 at the age of 73. She wrote Social Insecurity.

Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan died November 39 at the age of 77. His books include Plagues and Politics and Big Doctoring in America.

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Fwiw I read a notice on the bookseller's blog ShelfAwareness that says Clements died Nov 29, not Nov 28. And apparently CLements also worked in the punblishing industry.


Andrew Clements, beloved author of numerous children's and YA titles including Frindle, which has sold over six million copies, died November 29. He was 70. Early in his career, Clements helped a friend launch a company--first called Alphabet Press and then Picture Book Studio--that imported high quality children’s books from Europe. It was during that period when he began writing picture book texts.

"As sales manager, I got to work with a terrific crew of people who quickly taught me about the publishing business," Clements had recalled on his website. "As editorial director, I got to work with wonderfully talented authors, illustrators, and author-illustrators. I met people there who became life-long friends. And while there, my own first picture books were published, and they kept coming."

Clements's first and most popular novel, Frindle, was published in 1996 and "is a favorite of many children and adults," his obituary in the Portland Press Herald said, adding that he "went on to write 90 books for children, most published by Simon & Schuster and Random House. He was assisted in his work by many talented editors, illustrators, and publicists. Andrew especially valued the friendship and guidance of his literary agent Amy Berkower of Writers House, who advised him throughout his long career."

Other books by Clements include The Losers Club, No Talking, The Last Holiday Concert, The Report Card, Lunch Money, Things Not Seen and A Week in the Woods. His last book, The Friendship War, a middle grade title, was published last February. His honors include a Phoenix Award for Frindle, a Christopher Award for both Frindle and Extra Credit, and an Edgar Award for Room One: A Mystery or Two.

"Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books," Clements observed on his website. "The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is a good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word. And growing up, it's the same way. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life."

Scientist Jeanne Guillemin died November 15 at the age of 76. Her books include Anthrax, Biological Weapons and American Anthrax.