Deaths in December - 2022
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Baseball star Gaylord Perry died December 1 at the age of 83. He wrote Me and the Spitter: An Autobiographical Confession.
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Documentarian Julia Reichert died December 1 at the age of 76. She wrote Doing it Yourself: A Handbook on Independent Film Distribution.
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NY Times reporter and critic John Corry died December 3 at the age of 89. His books include Golden Clan and The Manchester Affair.
Sesame Street actor Bob McGrath died December 4 at the age of 90. His books include Uh Oh! Gotta Go! and Oops! Excuse Me! Please!
Sesame Street actor Bob McGrath died December 4 at the age of 90. His books include Uh Oh! Gotta Go! and Oops! Excuse Me! Please!
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Tennis coach Nick Bollettieri died December 4 at the age of 91. His books include Nick Bollettieri’s Junior Tennis and My Aces, My Faults.
Actress Kirstie Alley died December 5 at the age of 71. Her books include How to Lose Your Ass and Regain your Life and The Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente).
Actress Kirstie Alley died December 5 at the age of 71. Her books include How to Lose Your Ass and Regain your Life and The Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente).
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Boxing referee and district court judge Mills Lane died December 6 at the age of 85. His autobiography was called Let’s Get it On: Tough Talk from Boxing’s Top Ref and Nevada’s Most Outspoken Judge.
Reporter and author Dominique Lapierre died December 4 at the age of 91. His books include City of Joy, Oh, Jerusalem!, and Freedom at Midnight.
Reporter and author Dominique Lapierre died December 4 at the age of 91. His books include City of Joy, Oh, Jerusalem!, and Freedom at Midnight.
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Historian Gaddis Smith died December 2 at the age of 89. His books include American Diplomacy During the Second World War and The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine.
Ex-wife of Marvin Gaye, Jan Gaye died December 3 at the age of 66. Her memoir was called After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye.
Ex-wife of Marvin Gaye, Jan Gaye died December 3 at the age of 66. Her memoir was called After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye.
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USAF command pilot Col. Joseph Kittinger died December 9 at the age of 94. His books include Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger and The Long Lonely Leap.
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Sportswriter Grant Wahl collapsed and died at the World Cup on December 9. He was 48. His books include Masters of Modern Soccer and The Beckham Experiment.
New Yorker cartoonist Lee Lorenz died December 8 at the age of 90. He edited The Art of the New Yorker and The Essential George Booth.
New Yorker cartoonist Lee Lorenz died December 8 at the age of 90. He edited The Art of the New Yorker and The Essential George Booth.
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Ballerina Dame Beryl Grey died December 10 at the age of 95. Her books include Through the Bamboo Curtain and Red Curtain Up.
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Polish cosmonaut Miroslaw hermaszewski died December 12 at the age of 81. He wrote Ciezar niewazkosci.
Football coach Mike Leach died December 12 at the age of 61. His books include Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in football and Life and Geronimo: Leadership Strategies .
Former leader of the Girl Scouts Frances Hesselbein died December 12 at the age of 107. Her books include The Leader of the Future, The Organization of the Future, and The Drucker Foundation.
Football coach Mike Leach died December 12 at the age of 61. His books include Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in football and Life and Geronimo: Leadership Strategies .
Former leader of the Girl Scouts Frances Hesselbein died December 12 at the age of 107. Her books include The Leader of the Future, The Organization of the Future, and The Drucker Foundation.
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Journalist Milton Viorst died December 12 at the age of 92. His books include The Great Documents of Western Civilization and Fire in the Streets.
Composer and inventor Herbert A. Deutsch died December 9 at the age of 90. He wrote Synthesis: An Introduction and Electroacoustic Music.
Composer and inventor Herbert A. Deutsch died December 9 at the age of 90. He wrote Synthesis: An Introduction and Electroacoustic Music.
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Writer and broadcaster Victor Lewis-Smith died December 10 at the age of 65. His books include Inside the Magic Rectangle and Buygones.
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Soccer sportswriter Alex Yannis died December 14 at the age of 84. He wrote Soccer Basics and Inside Soccer.
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Musician Charlie Gracie died December 16 at the age of 86. He wrote Rock & Roll’s Hidden Giant.
Exiled Philippines politician Jose Maria Sison also known as Amando Guerrero died December 16 at the age of 83. His books include Philippine Society and Revolution, Jose Maria Sison: At home in the World, and Prison and Beyond.
Exiled Philippines politician Jose Maria Sison also known as Amando Guerrero died December 16 at the age of 83. His books include Philippine Society and Revolution, Jose Maria Sison: At home in the World, and Prison and Beyond.
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Baseball pitcher Tom Browning died December 19 at the age of 62. He wrote Tom Browning’s Tales from the Reds Dugout.
Screenwriter Chris Boucher died December 12 at the age of 79. His work includes Corpse Marker and Last Man Running.
Screenwriter Chris Boucher died December 12 at the age of 79. His work includes Corpse Marker and Last Man Running.
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Social activist Charlene Mitchell died December 12 at the age of 92. Her work includes The Fight to Free Angela Davis and Highlights of a Fighting History.
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Film director Mike Hodges died December 17 at the age of 90. He wrote Watching the Wheels Come Off.
Soccer player George Cohen died December 23 at the age of 83. He wrote My Autobiography.
Soccer player George Cohen died December 23 at the age of 83. He wrote My Autobiography.
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Golfer Kathy Whitworth died December 24 at the age of 73. Her books include Kathy Whitworth’s Little Book of Golf Wisdom and Golf for Women.
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Librarian Menahem Schmelzer died December 10 at the age of 88. He wrote The Rothschild Mahzor and Guides to the Perplexed in the Wilderness of Hebraica.
Brazilian novelist Nelida Pinon died December 17 at the age of 85. Her books include The Republic of Dreams, Voices of the Desert, and Midnight Mass.
Brazilian novelist Nelida Pinon died December 17 at the age of 85. Her books include The Republic of Dreams, Voices of the Desert, and Midnight Mass.
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Soccer great Pele died December 29 at the age of 82. His books include Pele: The Autobiography and Why Soccer Matters.
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died December 29 at the age of 81. Her books include the self-titled Vivienne Westwood, Vivienne Westwood: Shoes, and Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood.
Architect Arata Isozaki died December 28 at the age of 91. His books include Japan-ness in Architecture, Katsura: Imperial Villa, and The Contemporary Tea House.
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died December 29 at the age of 81. Her books include the self-titled Vivienne Westwood, Vivienne Westwood: Shoes, and Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood.
Architect Arata Isozaki died December 28 at the age of 91. His books include Japan-ness in Architecture, Katsura: Imperial Villa, and The Contemporary Tea House.
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Food historian Cara de Silva has died at the age of 83. She wrote In Memory’s Kitchen.
Playwright Bridgette Wimberly died December 1 at the age of 68. She wrote Saint Lucy’s Eyes.
Folk singer Ian Tyson died December 29 at the age of 89. His books include I Never Sold My Saddle and The Long Trail: My Life in the West.
WWII photographer Tony Vaccaro died December 28 at the age of 100. His books include Shots of War, Entering Germany: 1944-1949, and Tony Vaccaro: War, Peace, Beauty.
Sports medicine specialist Dr. Joseph Torg died December 15 at the age of 88. His books include Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries and Athletic Injuries to the Head, Neck and Face.
Television host Barbara Walters died December 30 at the age of 93. Her books include Audition: A Memoir and How to Talk to Practically Anybody About Practically Anything.
Playwright Bridgette Wimberly died December 1 at the age of 68. She wrote Saint Lucy’s Eyes.
Folk singer Ian Tyson died December 29 at the age of 89. His books include I Never Sold My Saddle and The Long Trail: My Life in the West.
WWII photographer Tony Vaccaro died December 28 at the age of 100. His books include Shots of War, Entering Germany: 1944-1949, and Tony Vaccaro: War, Peace, Beauty.
Sports medicine specialist Dr. Joseph Torg died December 15 at the age of 88. His books include Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries and Athletic Injuries to the Head, Neck and Face.
Television host Barbara Walters died December 30 at the age of 93. Her books include Audition: A Memoir and How to Talk to Practically Anybody About Practically Anything.
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Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
died December 31st 2022.
died December 31st 2022.
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Terry Hall, singer and one of the songwriters with the Specials, the Fun Boy Three and the Colour Field, died on 18 December aged 63. He didn't publish a book but wrote/cowrote and/or sang on a number of songs that are part of the wider cultural fabric of England in the early 80s.
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Literary critic Jean Franco died December 14 at the age of 98. Her books include Plotting Women and Spanish Short Stories.
Storyteller and puppeteer Akbar Imhotep has died at the age of 71. He wrote Insha’llah & the Creek Don’t Rise and 70 at 70.
Storyteller and puppeteer Akbar Imhotep has died at the age of 71. He wrote Insha’llah & the Creek Don’t Rise and 70 at 70.
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Australian poet Robert Adamson died December 16 at the age of 79. His works include The Goldfinches of Baghdad, The Clean Dark, and Net Needle.
Artist Dorothy Iannone died December 26 at the age of 91. Her books include Dorothy Ianonne: The Sweetness Outside of Time, Dorothy Ianonne: A Cookbook.
Singer Anita Pointer died December 31 at the age of 74. She wrote Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story.
Artist Dorothy Iannone died December 26 at the age of 91. Her books include Dorothy Ianonne: The Sweetness Outside of Time, Dorothy Ianonne: A Cookbook.
Singer Anita Pointer died December 31 at the age of 74. She wrote Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story.
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Dietitian Paula Mee died December 20 at the age of 59. Her books include Your Middle Years - Love Them and Mediterranean Mood Food.
Bioethicist Willard Gaylin has died at the age of 97. His books include How Psychotherapy Really Works and Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence.
Not an author, but a book passing off note. Bookseller Joyce Meskis operated the fabulous Tattered Cover in Denver for four decades. She was 80.
Bioethicist Willard Gaylin has died at the age of 97. His books include How Psychotherapy Really Works and Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence.
Not an author, but a book passing off note. Bookseller Joyce Meskis operated the fabulous Tattered Cover in Denver for four decades. She was 80.
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Cookbook author and caterer Jean Paré died December 24 at the age of 95. Her books include 150 Delicious Squares and
Muffins and More .
Muffins and More .
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Poet Aonghas MacNeacail died December 19 at the age of 80. His work includes Runrig: The end of one era : Stirling Castle, Oideachadh Ceart, Agus Dain Eile, and Hymn to a Young Demon.
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Political scientist Jean Blondel died December 25 at the age of 93. His books include Voters, Parties, and Leaders and Thinking Politically.
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Biographer Marion Meade died December 29 at the age of 88. Her books include Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This?, Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography, and Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin.
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Songwriter and collector Ginny Redington Dawes died December 29 at the age of 77. Her books include Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830, Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures, and The Bakelite Jewelry Book.
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Tom Stacey journalist and author died 24th December 2022 aged 92.
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Children’s book illustrator Graham Oakley died December 19 at the age of 93. He is best known the book series The Church Mouse and The Foxbury Force.
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Art historian and curator William C. Agee died December 24 at the age of 86. His work includes William Henry Bruce and Modern Art in America 1908-68.
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Scholar of African literature Gerald Moore has died at the age of 98. Exact date hasn’t been published. His work includes Modern Poetry from Africa (Editor) and Wole Soyinka: Modern African Writers.
Professor of biostatistics Stanley Schor died December 26 at the age of 100. He wrote Fundamentals of Biostatistics.
Professor of biostatistics Stanley Schor died December 26 at the age of 100. He wrote Fundamentals of Biostatistics.
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Historian Kenneth Fowler has died at the age of 88. His books include The Age of Plantagenet and Valois and The King's lieutenant: Henry of Grosmont, First Duke of Lancaster.
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Scholar/librarian and historian Christopher Ligota died December 20 at the age of 93. He edited History of scholarship : a selection of papers and Ancient history and the antiquarian: Essays.
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Sociologist J. E. T. Eldridge (John) died December 24 at the age of 86. His books include The Mass Media and Power in Modern Britain and Raymond Williams : making connections.
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Professor of fine arts Richard Verdi died December 25 at the age of 81. His books include Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 and Cezanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision of Landscape.
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Professor of medieval history Paul R. Hyams died December 4 at the age of 82. His books include Rancor & Reconciliation in Medieval England and Kings, Lord, and Peasants in Medieval England: The Common Law of Villeinage.
Horticulturalist John Sales died December 29 at the age of 89. His books include A Year in the Garden: In England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Shades of Green: My Life as the National Trust's Head of Gardens.
Horticulturalist John Sales died December 29 at the age of 89. His books include A Year in the Garden: In England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Shades of Green: My Life as the National Trust's Head of Gardens.
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Advocate for the Irish travellers and other impoverished Europeans Fintan Farrell died December 25 at the age of 61. He wrote Responding to Racism in Ireland.
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Physician and medical director for Planned Parenthood Marjorie Ellen Nelson Perisho died December 29 at age 83. Her book To Live in Peace in Midst of the Vietnam War describes her capture and captivity by soldiers in Viet Nam in the 1960s. Her book Pawns and Symbols was a Star Trek novel published under the pseudonym Majliss Larson.
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Railway executive Adrian Shooter died December 13 at the age of 74. He wrote Chiltern Railways: The Inside Story and Adrian Shooter: A Life in Engineering and Railways.
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Scholar of Native American literature Gordon Brotherston died December 30 at the age of 83. His books include Image of the New World: The American Continent Portrayed in Native Texts, Book of the Fourth World: Reading the Native Americas, and Painted Books from Mexico: Codices in Uk Collections.
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Australian journalist Paul Ormonde died December 20 at the age of 89. His books include A Foolish Passionate Man: A Biography of Jim Cairns and The movement .
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Consumer advocate Phil Edmonston died December 2 at the age of 78. His books include Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy, The Art of Complaining, and Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks.
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