Deaths in January - 2016

Former US Senator Dale Bumpers died Jamuary 1 at the age of 90. He wrote The Best Lawyer in a One-lawyer Town.

Composer Pierre Boulez died January 5 at the age of 89. His books include Orientations: Collected Writings and Boulez on Music Today.

Composer Elizabeth Swados died January 5 at the age of 64. She wrote Hey You! C'mere! A Poetry Slam, At Play: Teaching Teenagers Theater and My Depression: A Picture Book.

Jazz pianist Paul Bley died January 3 at the age of 83. His memoir was called Stopping Time: Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz.

* Bad week for musical types.

Andre Turcat was the chief test pilot for the Concorde SST program who flew the Concorde on its maiden flight and was the first to take it past twice the speed of sound. He died on January 4 at the age of 94. He wrote Concorde. Essais d'hier, battailles d'aujourdui.

Sister to the late Shah of Iran, Princess Ashraf Pahlavi died January 7 at the age of 96. She wrote Faces in a Mirror: Memoirs from Exile.

Author Marcia S. Copper died January 6 at the age of 81. She wrote The Horseman's Etiquette Book and A Pocketful of Memories: The Story of Catawba County.

Singer David Bowie died January 10 at the age of 69. His memoir was called Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust. Farewell. :'(

Witty author Florence King died January 6 at the age of 80. A few of her books include Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady and Southern Ladies & Gentlemen.

Still processing this!

A.R. Morlan born January 3 1958 died 6th Jan 2016. Primarily a writer of Fantasy Horror and Erotica she lived most of her life in Ladysmith WI.

NY Giants star outfield Monte Irvin died january 11 at the age of 96. He wrote Nice Guys Finish First - The Autobiography of Monte Irvin and Few and Chosen: Defining Negro League Greatness.

Prolific Tufts University Professor Sylvan Barnet died January 11 at the age of 89. His many works include A Short Guide to Writing about Art and A Short Guide to Writing about Literature.

One of the Imperials who performed with Elvis, Joe Moscheo died January 11. He wrote The Gospel Side of Elvis.

Poet Carolyn C. D. Wright died January 12 at the age of 67. Her many works include Deepstep Come Shining and Steal Away: Selected and New Poems.

Entomologist Colin G. Butler died January 4 at the age of 102. He is best known for the World of the Honeybee.

Peggy Anderson, who wrote about the nursing profession, died on January 17 at the age of 77. Her books include Nurse and Children's Hospital.

Canadian newspaper columnist George Jonas died January 10 at the age of 80. His books include Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team and By Persons Unknown: the Strange death of Christine Demeter.

Publisher and founder of Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Lord George Weidenfeld died January 20 at the age of 96. He wrote Remembering My Good Friends: An Autobiography.

Prolific French novelist Michel Tournier died January 16 at the age of 91. He is best know for The Ogre and Friday, or, The Other Island.

Turkish businessman Mustafa Koc died January 21 at the age of 55. He wrote For Hunger-Proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems.

Novelist and fashion editor Edmonde Charles-Roux died January 20 at the age of 95. Her books include To Forget Palermo and Chanel and her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame.

David G Hartwell July 10, 1941 to January 20, 2016. Died after falling down stairs while moving furniture.

Best known as a editor, David Hartwell was the author of Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction

Cricket commentator Jack Bannister died January 22 at the age of 85. He wrote The History of Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

Historian Forrest McDonald died January 18 at the age of 89. His many books include Novus Ordo Seclorum: the Intellectual Origins of the Constitution and E Pluribus Unum.

Former Tory Minister Cecil Parkinson died January 22 at the age of 84. He wrote Right at the Centre: An Autobiography.

From Perceptrons to The Society of Mind, Marvin Minsky molded the future. Now he's gone, and I'm sadder than I can say.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-i...

Lt. Col. Henry Worsley died on January 24 in his attempt to cross Antarctica alone. He was 55. He wrote In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic.

Pioneer in artificial intelligence, Marvin Minsky died January 24 at the age of 88. His books include Society of Mind and The Emotion Machine.

Outsider artist Thornton Dial died January 25 at the age of 87. Learn about his work in Thornton Dial: Image of the Tiger.

Archivist for the Metropolitan Opera, Robert Tuggle died January 22 at the age of 83. He wrote The Golden Age of Opera.

Former mayor of Providence, R. I. Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. died January 28 at the age of 74. He wrote Politics and Pasta.

Broadcaster Terry Wogan died January 31 at the age of 77. He wrote Mustn't Grumble among many others.

Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz died January 22 at the age of 91. His many books include Liberal Judaism, Choices in Modern Jewish Thought and Renewing the Covenant.

NYC travel bookseller Arnold Greenberg died January 22 at the age of 83. His books include Guatemala Alive and Brazil on Your Own.

Science fiction editor David G. Harwell died January 20 at the age of 74. His works include The World Treasury of Science Fiction, The Dark Descent and The Science Fiction Century.

Opera singer Jane Stuart Smith died January 14 at the age of 90. She wrote The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence.

Journalist Nicholas Bagnall died January 27 at the age of 91. His books include A Defence of Cliches and Newspaper Language.

David J. Lake (1929-2016) Australian Science Fiction writer, Who also wrote poetry and academic works. died of a lung infection in Brisbane on January 31.

Journalist and author Georgina Howell died January 21 at the age of 73. Her books include Gertrude Bell: Desert Queen, In Vogue: Six Dec and Diana: Her Life in Fashion.

Writer and former Playboy model Alice Denham wrote a tell all memoir called Sleeping With Bad Boys: A 1956 Playboy Model's Escapades. She died January 27 at the age of 89.

Space reporter Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr. died January 31 at the age of 82. His books include Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed and A House in Space.

Very sorry to learn that Gillian Avery died at 89 on 31st January. Author of The Greatest Gresham and other children's books. She was also an expert on children's lit and wrote about the history of girls' education. RIP.

>32 patchygirl: I'm sorry to hear that too. I wondered whether she'd died before and I'd missed something about it, or whether I was the only one who remembered her, because it seemed to be a long time since she'd written anything.

Professor Michael Sheringham died january 21 at the age of 67. He wrote Everyday Life: Theories and Practices.

Book historian Elizabeth L. Eisenstein died January 31, 2016 at the age of 92. Among her books are The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe and Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending.
Appreciation here: https://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/elizabeth-eisenstein-rip-october-...