Deaths in September - 2022

Author Barbara Ehrenreich died September 1 at the age of 81. Her books include Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, and Bright-Sided.

Heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers died September 1 at the age of 78. His autobiography was Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time.

Literary agent Sterling Lord died on his 102 birthday on September 3. He wrote Lord of Publishing: A Memoir and Returning the Serve intelligently.

Searcher for extraterrestrial life Frank D. Drake died September 2 at the age of 92. His books include Is Anyone Out There? and Intelligent Life in Space.

Gothic/horror author Peter Straub died September 4 at the age of 79. His many books include Ghost Story and Shadowland.

Journalist John Morrison died September 2 at the age of 92. His books include Mathilde Krim and the Story of AIDS, Sammy Sosa, and Syria.

NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrells died September 7 at the age of 71. She wrote Naked in Baghdad and Putin Country. Farewell 😪

Investigative reporter Jeff German was stabbed to death outside his Las Vegas home on September 3. He was 69. He wrote Murder in Sin City.

It’s been a bad week for journalists. 😞

Washington architect Arthur Cotton Moore died September 4 at the age of 87. He wrote The Powers of Preservation and Interruption of the Cocktail Hour.

Dep Kirkland was a prosecutor during the actual trial featured in Midnight in the garden of good and Evil. He was drowned in a boating accident on September 4. He was 72. He wrote Lawyer Games.

Four time Iditarod Dogsled Champion Lance Mackey died September 7 at the age of 52. He wrote The Lance Mackey Story.

Once black-listed Actress Marsha Hunt died September 7 at the age of 104. She wrote The Way we Wore.

Architect James Stewart Polshek died September 9 at the age of 92. He published the self-titled James Stewart Polshek and Build, Memory.

Comic book artist Diane Noomin died September 1 at the age of 75. Her works include Twisted Sisters and Drawing Power.

Welsh broadcaster Mavis Nicholson died September 8 at the age of 91. Her books include What did you do in the War, Mummy? and Martha Jane and Me.

Spanish novelist Javier Marias died September 11 at the age of 70. His works include The Infatuations, A Heart so White, and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me.

Photographer William Klein died September 10 at the age of 96. His works include New York 1954.55 and In and Out of Fashion.

Food show host Sheila Brass died September 9 at the age of 85. She co-wrote Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters and Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters.

Film director and critic Jean-Luc Godard died September 13 at the age of 91. His books include Godard on Godard and Introduction to a True History of Cinema and Television.

Storyteller Jack Charles died September 13 at the age of 79. He wrote Jack Charles: Born-Again Blakfella.

Former judge and special prosecutor Ken Starr died September 13 at the age of 76. His books include The Starr Report and Contempt.

Artist and musician Art Rosenbaum died September 4 at the age of 83. His books include Old Time Mountain Banjo, Folk Visions and Voices, and Shout Because You’re Free.

University president Dr. James L. Fisher died September 14 at the age of 91. His books include The Board and the President and Presidential Leadership.

Gallerist Virginia Dwan died September 5 at the age of 90. She wrote Virginia Dwan: Flowers.

Icelandic writer Hrafn Jokulsson died September 17 at the age of 56. His books include Par sem vegurinn endar and Þar sem vegurinn endar .

One of the Ritchie Boys, brilliant WWII spy Maximilian Lerner died September 10 at the age of 98. He wrote The expendable Spy.

Tropical disease expert Kevin M. Cahill died September 14 at the age of 86. His books include The AIDS Epidemic and A Framework for Survival.

I don't think I've felt so behind on this obituary-philes group before. Sad to learn that Barbara Ehrenreich has died, though I know that she was first diagnosed with cancer decades ago - and wrote a book criticising the idea that people can cure themselves simply through a positive attitude rather than healthcare (yes, I know, it's about more than that but I bought paperback and then Kindle copies which remain TBR). I have read at least two of her books and she has been a writer whose books I always wanted to read since Nickel and Dimed - the book about paid exploitative jobs and the working poverty trap in the US that spawned a lot of imitations - the two most direct imitations I've read, by English authors, about the UK, were very inferior in writing and analysis, though I would give Fran Abrams another try as this was early work, and I wasn't predisposed to like Polly Toynbee! However, this is definitely one of my pet subjects (and things sadly haven't got better on either side of the Atlantic).

>15 elkiedee: Her son Ben is a writer too. As someone dealing with multiple myeloma.....a blood cancer I can't imagine dealing with that without oncologists or treatment plans. Basically it's a disease that attacks your skeleton--most commonly starting with the ribcage and the spinal column and your immunity. For whatever reason it's because your body starts mass producing plasma cells and they start eating up red blood cells and boring holes into your bone structure (lesions) to get at your bone marrow. Without treatment it would be straight downhill with multiple fractures and broken bones and you might not last more than a couple three years. A very painful way to die. Between doing nothing and taking things in your own hands I think I'd opt for the latter. Since there are now good treatment plans (though mostly fairly recent) why would you do anything else at least if you had health insurance or could afford it?

Dodger’s base stealing MVP Maury Wills died September 19 at the age of 89. His books include It Pays to Steal and On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills.

Catholic historian John W. O’Malley died September 11 at the age of 95. His books include What Happened at Vatican II, The First Jesuits, and Trent: What Happened at the Council .

New York Times editor Allan M. Siegal died September 21 at the age of 82. He wrote The New York Times Manual of Style. (Varielle keeps a copy on her desk)

Philosopher Saul Kripke died September 15 at the age of 81. His books include Naming and Necessity and Wittgenstein; On Rules and Private Language.

Artist Ken Howard died September 11 at the age of 89. His books include Switzerland: In the Footsteps of Turner and Art Class.

Astronomer Maarten Schmidt died September 17 at the age of 92. He co-wrote Galactic Structure.

Hilary Mantel, author of A Place of Greater Safety, Wolf Hall and The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and many other novels and short stories, plus a memoir, has died aged 70. Yes, I've chosen those 3 titles (all fiction) to mention, and I am very sad.

😢 I was reading about the details of her life and early illness that left her unable to have children. There was a scene in Wolf Hall where Cromwell is examining the hand of his newborn baby and compared the structure to a fan. It was so detailed and beautifully written my thought at the time was a man would be unlikely to make an observation like that. Now I know it was her loss that made her so intently observant. RIP

Rugby player and sports commentator Eddie Butler died September 15 at the age of 65. His books include The Tangled Mane and The Head of Gonzo Davies.

Holocaust survivor Ruth Siegler died September 3 at the age of 95, within days of the death of her sister Ilse Nathan. The sisters survived Terezin together. Ruth wrote My Father’s Blessing.

Fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit died September 13 at the age of 80. Her works include Yves Saint Laurent and Backstage Dior.

Former bank robber John McVicar died September 6 at the age of 82. His memoir later made into a movie was cayMcVicar By Himself.

Environmental activist Dave Foreman died September 19 at the age of 74. His books include Ecodefense and Confessions of an Eco-Warrior.

Record producer Sue Mingus died September 24 at the age of 92. She wrote Tonight at noon: A Love Story.

Feminist author Meredith Tax died September 25 at the age of 80. Her books include Rivington Street , Families, and The Rising of Women.

The rapper known as Coolio died September 28 at the age of 59. He wrote Cookin’ With Coolio.

Expert on bioterrorism Leonard A. Cole died September 18 at the age of 89. His books include Chasing the Ghost and The Anthrax Letters.

Music collector Joe Bussard died September 26 at the age of 86. His books include Down in the Basement and song Summaries for Fonotone Records.

Restaurateur Sylvia Wu died September 29 at the age of 106. Her books include cooking with Madame Wu, Madame Wu’s Garden, and Madame Wu’s Art of Chinese Cooking.

Irish broadcaster and food critic Kim Lenaghan died September 11 at the age of 61. Her books include Irish Superstitions and Lore and A little History of Golf.

Poet Kevin McIlvoy died September 30 at the age of 69. His books include Hyssop, Little Peg, and The Complete History of New Mexico: Stories.

Prof. Brian Catling died September 26 at the age of 73. His books include The Vorrh and The Erstwhile.

Famed attorney Billy Sothern died September 30 at the age of 45. He wrote Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City.

Teacher who spread Lakota culture Kevin Locke died September 30 at the age of 68. His books include The Eagle Feather and Dawn Flight: A Lakota Story.

Journalist Gerald Butt died September 15 at the age of 72. His books include The Lion in the Sand and The Arabs Myth and Reality.

Memoirist and polio victim Leonard Kriegel died September 25 at the age of 89. His books include Flying Solo and Quitting Time.

Dr. Davis Coakley died September 25 at the age of 76. His books include Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Irish and The Irish School of Medicine in the 19th Century.

Journalist Beulah Ainley has died at the age of 77. She wrote Black Journalist, White Media.

Meditation teacher Kelsang Gyatso died September 14 at the age of 92. His books include Introduction to Buddhism and Modern Buddhism.

Pathologist Dr. Vincent DiMaio died September 18 at the age of 81. His books include Gunshot Wounds, Morgue: A Life in Death, and Excited Delirium Syndrome.

Theatre director Christine Eccles has died at the age of 75. She wrote The Rose Theatre.

Poet Niall McDevitt died September 29 at the age of 55. His works include b/w, Porterloo, and Firing Slits.

Rabbi Philip Hiat died September 10 at the age of 95. He wrote A Visual Testimony—Judaica from the Vatican Library.

Media and culture professor Martin Barker has died September 8 at the age of 76. His books include A Haunt of Fears and Action : The Story of a Violent Comic.

Scientist Simon L. Altmann died September 29 at the age of 98. His books include Rotations, Quaternions, and Double Groups and Is Nature Supernatural?