Deaths in November - 2018
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Sportswriter Paul Zimmerman died November 1 at the age of 86. His books include The New Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football , A thinking man's guide to pro football and Duane Thomas and the Fall of America's Team .
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Your author link goes to the details of a writer on religion, including Creationism, who died in 2014, rather than this man, who is on LT as Paul Lionel Zimmerman.
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NY Times book critic Christopher Lehmann-Haupt died November 7 at the age of 84. His books include The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel, Me and Dimaggio: A Baseball Fan Goes in Search of His Gods and A Crooked Man.
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Photographer Jean Mohr died November 3 at the age of 93. His work can be seen in A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor and At the Edge of the World.
Sociologist Devah Pager died November 2 at the age of 46. She wrote Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration .
Sociologist Devah Pager died November 2 at the age of 46. She wrote Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration .
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Publisher Juris Jurjevics died November 7 at the age of 75. He wrote The Trudeau Vector and Red Flags.
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Marvel Comics' Stan Lee, creator of Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk and so many more died November 12 at the age of 95. He wrote How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way. :'(
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stan-lee-marvel-comics-obituary-1.4902085?...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stan-lee-marvel-comics-obituary-1.4902085?...
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Professor and social critic Herbert London died November 11 at the age of 79. His numerous books include Americas Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion and Why Are They Lying to Our Children?.
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Biologist Dorothy L. Cheney died November 9 at the age of 68. Her books include Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind , How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species and The Social Origins of Language .
Heiress Caroline Rose Hunt died November 13 at the age of 95. She wrote Primrose Past: The 1848 Journal of Young Lady Primrose .
Country musician Roy Clark died November 15 at the age of 85. His works include Roy Clark Deluxe Big Note Guitar Song Book , Roy Clark's Bluegrass Banjo Bible and his autobiography My Life -- In Spite of Myself!.
Heiress Caroline Rose Hunt died November 13 at the age of 95. She wrote Primrose Past: The 1848 Journal of Young Lady Primrose .
Country musician Roy Clark died November 15 at the age of 85. His works include Roy Clark Deluxe Big Note Guitar Song Book , Roy Clark's Bluegrass Banjo Bible and his autobiography My Life -- In Spite of Myself!.
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Philosopher Herbert Fingarette died November 2 at the age of 97. His books include Confucius: The Secular As Sacred , Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease and Self-Deception.
Museum founder H. Peter Stern died November 12 at the age of 90. His work includes Earth, Sky, and Sculpture: Storm King Art Center and Louise Bourgeois.
Playwright and novelist William Goldman died November 15 at the age of 87. He is best known for The Princess Bride and Marathon Man.
Museum founder H. Peter Stern died November 12 at the age of 90. His work includes Earth, Sky, and Sculpture: Storm King Art Center and Louise Bourgeois.
Playwright and novelist William Goldman died November 15 at the age of 87. He is best known for The Princess Bride and Marathon Man.
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Noooooo William Goldman!
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>11 PensiveCat: I'm sad that he's gone, and he was certainly one of the good humans out there. I just spent time reading (of all things) this entry on IMDb, and I recommend it.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001279/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes
Some people make us better for having lived. Rest well, sir, and thank you.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001279/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes
Some people make us better for having lived. Rest well, sir, and thank you.
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Author of many New Age books, Shakti Gawain passed away on November 11 at the age of 70. She found fame when Oprah Winfrey recommended Gawain's first book Creative Visualization on Winfrey's television program.
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Dissident Soviet scientist Zhores Medvedev died November 15 at the age of 93. His books include Khrushchev: The Years in Power,Ten Years After Ivan Denisovich and A Questions Of Madness: Repression by Psychiatry in the Soviet Union .
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Poet and translator Alistair Elliot died November 3 at the age of 86. His works include Roman Food Poems, French love poems , and Italian Landscape Poems.
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Esteemed Mexican author Fernando del Paso died November 14 at the age of 83. His work includes Palinuro of Mexico, News from the Empire (Latin American Literature) and José Trigo.
Professor Aldyr Schlee best known for designing the Brazilian soccer team's jerseys, died November 15 at the age of 83. His work includes Contos de Futebol and Os limites do impossível. Contos Gardelianos .
Professor Aldyr Schlee best known for designing the Brazilian soccer team's jerseys, died November 15 at the age of 83. His work includes Contos de Futebol and Os limites do impossível. Contos Gardelianos .
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Sociologist Dennis Wrong died November 8 at the age of 94. His books include Power: Its Forms, Bases, and Uses , Population and society and Max Weber (Makers of Modern Social Science).
Donald McCaig left Madison Avenue to return to the country to write. He died November 11 at the age of 78. His books include Rhett Butler's People , Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War , Nop's Trials and Ruth's Journey: The Authorized Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind.
Donald McCaig left Madison Avenue to return to the country to write. He died November 11 at the age of 78. His books include Rhett Butler's People , Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War , Nop's Trials and Ruth's Journey: The Authorized Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind.
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Advertising executive Jane Maas died November 16 at the age of 86. Her books include Mad Women and How to Advertise.
Former librarian of Congress James H. Billington died November 20 at the age of 89. His books includeThe Icon and the AXE, Virtue Public and Private and Fire in the Minds of Men.
Former librarian of Congress James H. Billington died November 20 at the age of 89. His books includeThe Icon and the AXE, Virtue Public and Private and Fire in the Minds of Men.
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Author Janet Paisley died November 9 at the age of 70. Her books include White Rose Rebel and Warrior Daughter.
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Zen master Bernard Glassman died November 4 at the age of 79. His books I include Instructions to the Cook and The Dude and the Zen Master.
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Renowned filmmaker, and author of The World is Ever Changing, Nicolas Roeg passed away November 23.
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Magician Ricky Jay died November 24 at the age of 70. His books include Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women , Jay's Journal of Anomalies and Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck.
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Poet Meena Alexander died November 21 at the age of 67. Her works include Fault lines: a memoir, Indian Love Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) and The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience.
The creator of Sponge Bob Squarepants, Stephen Hillenburg died November 26 at the age of 57. He created a number of children's and graphic books that follow the series such as Spongebob Squarepants: Adventures in Bikini Bottom (Ready to Read), Deep-Sea Tales: 6 Salty Sea Stories and SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Krab Adventures .
The creator of Sponge Bob Squarepants, Stephen Hillenburg died November 26 at the age of 57. He created a number of children's and graphic books that follow the series such as Spongebob Squarepants: Adventures in Bikini Bottom (Ready to Read), Deep-Sea Tales: 6 Salty Sea Stories and SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Krab Adventures .
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Restaurateur Tom Margittai died November 23 at the age of 90. His books include The Four Seasons: The Ultimate Book of Food, Wine and Elegant Dining and The Four Seasons Cookbook .
British politician and former Bletchley Park code breaker, Lady Jean Trumpington died November 26 at the age of 96. Her autobiography was called Coming up Trumps: A Memoir.
British politician and former Bletchley Park code breaker, Lady Jean Trumpington died November 26 at the age of 96. Her autobiography was called Coming up Trumps: A Memoir.
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Historian Randolph L. Braham died November 25 at the age of 95. His many books include The Politics of Genocide : The Holocaust in Hungary, The Nazis' Last Victims: The Holocaust in Hungary and To Hear Celestial Harmonies: Essays on the Witness of James Dekoven.
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Ground breaking cardiologist Gerald S. Berenson died November 22 at the age of 96. He wrote Evolution of cardio-metabolic risk from birth to middle age the Bogalusa Heart Study and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children: The Early History of Atherosclerosis and Essential Hypertension.
Chef Patricia Quintana died November 26 at the age of 72. Her many books include Taste of Mexico , Mexico's Feasts of Life and CUISINE OF THE WATER GODS.
Chef Patricia Quintana died November 26 at the age of 72. Her many books include Taste of Mexico , Mexico's Feasts of Life and CUISINE OF THE WATER GODS.
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Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush died November 30 at the age of 94. A few of his books include All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings,
A world transformed , Looking Forward and Heartbeat: George Bush in His Own Words.
A world transformed , Looking Forward and Heartbeat: George Bush in His Own Words.
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Memoirist, prolific poster on social media and political activist Harry Leslie Smith died on Wednesday 28 November aged 95. He was a World War II veteran, a migrant from England to Canada in the 1950s, and a carpet dealer. He turned to writing memoirs and campaigning for various social justice causes in his last years, after his wife and one of his sons died. His books include Love Among the Ruins and Harry's Last Stand.
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Poet and translator Anthony Edkins has died at the age of 91. His work includes The Poetry of Luis Cernuda and Worry Beads.
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Tennis instructor who brought the love of tennis to D.C., Allie Ritzenberg died November 22 at the age of 100. He wrote Capital Tennis: A Memoir .
Children's book author Barbara Brooks Wallace died November 27 at the age of 95. Her books include Peppermints in the Parlor, The Twin in the Tavern and The Trouble with Miss Switch .
Children's book author Barbara Brooks Wallace died November 27 at the age of 95. Her books include Peppermints in the Parlor, The Twin in the Tavern and The Trouble with Miss Switch .
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Art curator Robert Rainwater died November 13 at the age of 75. His books include Leaf, spine, word, sign : artists books from the workshop of Hank Hine, Visionary States: Surrealist Prints from the Gilbert Kaplan Collection and On paper : the history of an art. Celebrating the Leonard B. Schlosser Collection.
Industrial designer Charles Harrison (creator of the View Master), died November 29 at the age of 87. His memoir was called A Life's Design: The Life And Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison.
Industrial designer Charles Harrison (creator of the View Master), died November 29 at the age of 87. His memoir was called A Life's Design: The Life And Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison.
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Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz died November 29 at the age of 55. She wrote Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health.
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Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso died November 30 at the age of 85. He wrote Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner and Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk.
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Architect William J. Conklin died November 26 at the age of 95. He wrote Museums of the Andes, Brooklyn's City Hall and Chavín : art, architecture, and culture.
Actress Sondra Locke died November 3 at the age of 74. Her autobiography was called The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey.
Creator of a popular miniature town on Instagram, Michael Paul Smith died November 19 at the age of 67. His work can be seen in Elgin Park: An Ideal American Town and ELGIN PARK: Visual Memories of Midcentury America at 1/24th scale.
Actress Sondra Locke died November 3 at the age of 74. Her autobiography was called The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey.
Creator of a popular miniature town on Instagram, Michael Paul Smith died November 19 at the age of 67. His work can be seen in Elgin Park: An Ideal American Town and ELGIN PARK: Visual Memories of Midcentury America at 1/24th scale.
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Psychologist Josephine Klein died November 13 at the age of 92. Her books include Our Needs for Others and Its Roots in Infancy, Samples from English cultures. Part two, Child-rearing practices and Doubts & Certainties in the Practice of Psychotherapy.
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Rock journalist and producer, and latterly a magician, Richard Robinson (#5) died Nov 15 2018 at the age of 73. Among other titles he wrote Rock Revolution.
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