Deaths in October - 2020

Irish poet Derek Mahon died October 1 at the age of 78. His collections include Harbour Lights and The Yellow Book.
Varielle met him a couple of times. A very nice man. ☘️

Playwright Murray Schisgal died October 1 at the age of 93. His work includes Luv and The Typist and the Tiger.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson died October 2 at the age of 84. His books include Sixty Feet, Six Inches and Stranger to the Game.

>2 varielle:
Oooh! RIP Gibby...

Davidson Prof. Anthony S. Abbott “Tony” died October 3 at the age of 85. His books include Leaving Maggie Hope, The Search for Wonder in Cradle of the World and The Vital Lie. 😢 Farewell old friend. You will be missed.

Fashion designer Kenzo Takada died of coronavirus on October 4 at the age of 81. He wrote Japan: A Pictorial Portrait.

Journalist Sir Peregrine Worsthorne died October 3 at the age of 96. His books include In Defence of Aristocracy, Tricks of Memory and Peregrinations: Selected Pieces.

* This man has one of the most remarkable names ever.

>5 varielle:: This man has one of the most remarkable names ever.

The (London) Times Diary today (Tuesday) mentions that Peregrine was once talking with Dwight Eisenhower and told him that Peregrine was the name of the first Mayflower baby born on American soil. It goes on to say his pride was punctured when Eisenhower replied "Well, sonny, that name sure didn't catch on".

NY politician Joseph L. Bruno died October 7 at the age of 91. He wrote Keep Swinging: A Memoir of Politics and Justice.

Journalist Jim Dwyer died October 8 at the age of 63. His books include 102 Minutes and Co-authored Actual Innocence.

Author Bette Greene died October 2 at the age of 86. Her books include Summer of My German Soldier and The Drowning of Stephan Jones.

Holocaust survivor Ruth Kluger died October 10 at the age of 88. Her books include Still Alive: Holocaust Girlhood and contributed to How I Learned to Cook: And Other Writings.

Boston Globe editor Donald MacGillis died October 7 at the age of 75. He wrote Crime in America: the ABC Report.

It’s been a bad few weeks for baseball players. Sportscaster and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Joe Morgan died October 11 at the age of 77. His books include Baseball for Dummies and Joe Morgan: A Life in Baseball. ⚾️

Sir Samuel Brittan who wrote several books on economics and politics died October 12th 2020 aged 86.

Lyricist Herbert Kretzmer died October 14 at the age of 95. He was the librettist for Les Miserable and wrote Snapshots: Encounters with Twentieth-Century Legends.

Restauranteur and former owner of the Russian Tea Room Faith Stewart-Gordon died October 9 at the age of 88. She wrote The Russian Tea Room Cookbook, The Russian Tea Room: A Love Story and The Russian Tea Room, a Tasting .

Journalist Dan Baum has died at the age of 64. His books include Nine Lives and Gun Guys.

Former US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Edward C. Meyer died October 13 at the age of 91. His books include Balkans 2010 and Chiefs of Staff.

Television executive Bob Shanks died October 12 at the age of 88. His books include Primal Screen and The Cool Fire.

Journalist and aide to Menahem Begin Eitan Haber died October 7 at the age of 80. His books include Menahem Begin: The Legend and the Man and Entebbe Rescue.

Typography expert Ed Benguiat died October 15 at the age of 92. His books include Ah! Big Little Book: Adventure in Typography and Plinc: An Illustrated Typographic Journal

Photographer Chris Killip died October 13 at the age of 74. His books include Chris Killip: In Flagrante and Here Comes Everybody.

Publisher Tom Maschler died October 15 at the age of 87. He edited the series New English Dramatists.

Former CBS foreign correspondent Bert Quint has died at the age of 90. He wrote Rough Cut from a Bygone War and Transylvania Red.

The first US Secretary of Transportation, serving under Pres. Johnson, Alan S. Boyd died October 18 at the age of 98. He wrote A Great Honor.

Former head of Fannie Mae James A. Johnson died October 18 at the age of 76. He wrote Showing America A New Way Home.

Musician Johnny Bush died October 16 at the age of 85. He wrote Whiskey River (Take My Mind): the True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk.

Journalist Samuel Brittan died October 12 at the age of 86. His books include Steering the Economy and The Treasury Under the Tories.

Neuroscientist and Holocaust survivor Gerta Vrbova died October 2 at the age of 93. She wrote Trust and Deceit and Nerve-Muscle Interaction.

Jill Paton Walsh, author of novels for children, young adults and errrr other adults, including Fireweed and Goldengrove, several new stories about Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (continuing the series by Dorothy L Sayers) has died aged 83.

Illusionist James Randi died October 20 at the age of 92. His books include Flim Flam! and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes.

Choreographer and model for Disney's Snow White Marge Champion died October 21 at the age of 101. She wrote Let's dance with Marge and Gower Champion.

Singer/song writer Jerry Jeff Walker died October 24 at the age of 78. His autobiography was called Gypsy Songman.

Screenwriter William Blinn died October 22 at the age of 83. Best known for Bryan’s Song and Purple Rain he also wrote a western called A Cold Place in Hell.

Sportswriter Kevin McCarra died October 24 at the age of 62. His books include Celtic: A Biography in Nine Lives, Scottish Football and One Afternoon in Lisbon.

Poet Diane diPrima died October 25 at the age of 86. Her books include Memoirs of a Beatnik and Recollections of my Life as a Woman.

Former New Yorker editor Daniel Menaker died October 26 at the age of 79. His books include The Treatment, My Mistake and A good Talk.

Singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver died October 28 at the age of 81. His autobiography was called Honky Tonk Hero.

Restauranteur Cecilia Chiang died October 28 at the age of 100. Her books include The Seventh Daughter and The Mandarin Way.

US Appeals Court Judge Juan R. Torruella died October 26 at the age of 87. His books include The Supreme Court and Puerto Rico and Global Intrigues.

Journalist Chris Ryder died October 2 at the age of 73. His books include The RUC and Drumcree.

Comedian Bobby Ball died of coronavirus on October 28 at the age of 76. His books include Christianity for Beginners and Juniper Jungle Story.

Former Green Bay Packer Herb Adderley died October 30 at the age of 81. He wrote Lombardi’s Left Side.

Industrial designer Enzo Mari died October 19 at the age of 88. His books include Autoprogettazione and Le Jeu des Fables.

Advocate for the disabled Travis Roy died October 29 at the age of 45. He wrote Eleven Seconds.

Photographer Frank Horvat died October 21 at the age of 92. His books include Horvat: Fifty one Photographs and Frank Horvat: Very Similar.

Soccer player Nobby Stiles died October 30 at the age of 78. He wrote After the Ball - My Autobiography and Soccer My battlefield.

Rugby player JJ Williams died October 9 at the age of 72. He wrote The Life and Times of a Rugby Legend.

😢Actor Sean Connery best known for his role as James Bond has died at the age of 90. He wrote Being a Scot and co-authored The Exciting World of Jackie Stewart.

Novelist Anita Mason has died at the age of 78. Her books include The Illusionist, Angel and The Racket.

Poet Val Warner was found dead October 10 at the age of 74. Her works include Before Lunch and These Yellow Photos.

Journalist Robert Fisk died October 30 at the age of 74. His books include The Great War for Civilization s a nd Pity the Nation.

Feminist Betty Dodson died October 31 at the age of 91. Her books include Sex for One and Orgasms for Two.

Swedish writer Jan Myrdal died October 30 at the age of 93. His books include Report from a Chinese Village.

Great British Baking Show finalist Luis Troyano has died at the age of 48. He wrote Bake it Great.

Journalist Marylin Bender died October 19 at the age of 95. Her books include The Beautiful People and The Chosen Instrument.

Psychiatrist Bruce Sklarew died October 26 at the age of 88. He wrote Analysts in the Trenches.

Historian Clive Emsley died October 5 at the age of 76. His books include Crime and Society and The English Police.

Art collector Sindika Dokolo died October 29 at the age of 48. He wrote IncarNations African Art as Philosophy.

Architect David Easton died October 29 at the age of 83. He wrote Timeless Elegance: The Houses of David Easton.

Proponent of psychotropic experimentation Joanna Harcourt-Smith died October 12 at the age of 74. She wrote Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary.

Former editor of the New Scientist Bernard Dixon died October 30 at the age of 82. His books include Beyond the Magic Bullet and Power Unseen: How Microbes Rule the World.

Medical ethicist Albert R. Jonsen died October 21 at the age of 89. His books include Clinical Ethics and The Abuse of Casuistry.

Veteran US diplomat Laurence Pope died October 31 at the age of 75. He wrote The Demilitarization of American Diplomacy: Two Cheers for Striped Pants and François de Callières: A Political Life and edited a portion of Among Heroes pertaining to his father's military service.

Author Julia O’Faolain died October 27 at the age of 88. Her books include No Country for Young Men, The Obedient Wife and The Irish Signorina.

Artist Anthony Hill died October 13 at the age of 90. His books include Data: Directions in Art and Duchamp: Passim.

Museum founder Mansfield Bascom died October 26 at the age of 96. He wrote the biography Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind.

Anthropologist Marcus Banks has died at the age of 69. His books include Rethinking Visual Anthropology and Ethnicity:.

Publisher Jim O’Donnell died October 1 at the age of 83. His books include Wordgloss and The Little Ireland Answer Book.

Classicist Tom Winnifrith has died at the age of 84. His books include The Brontes, The Vlachs and Badlands-Borderland.

Solicitor and soccer journalist Ken Goldman died at the age of 81. His books include Soccer (Play the Game), Soccer Rules.

Rev. Michael Hinton died October 22 at the age of 93. He wrote The 100-Minute Bible.

Librarian with the Library of Congress and astronomy specialist Ruth S. Freitag died October 3 at the age of 96. Her bibliographies include Presidential Inaugurations; A Selected List of References and Halley’s Comet: A Bibliography.