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Obituary: Jill Paton Walsh
Award-winning British author Jill Paton Walsh has died at age 83.
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Obituary: David Gale
Children’s book editor David Gale, who shaped a distinguished roster of award-winning titles and proudly championed works of LGBTQ literature, died on October 9 following a long illness; he was 65.
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Obituary: Bette Greene
Author Bette Greene, known for her books that honestly addressed difficult subject matter, including 'Summer of My German Soldier,' died on October 2 at age 86.
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Black and Pragmatic: The Life and Books of Stanley Crouch
The death of Stanley Crouch—author, jazz critic, columnist, and novelist—at age 74 ended five decades of engrossing, often iconoclastic declarations on race, jazz, politics, film criticism, and American culture.
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Fantasy Novelist Terry Goodkind Dies at 72
Bestselling fantasy novelist Terry Goodkind, author of the epic fantasy series Sword of Truth, died on September 17.
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Obituary: Sam McBratney
Irish children's author Sam McBratney, most widely known for the classic, bestselling picture book 'Guess How Much I Love You,' died on September 18; he was 77.
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Patrick Turner, 'PW' Co-Owner, Dies at 71
Patrick Turner, a book designer and art director for a number of book and magazine publishers and who was most recently co-owner of 'PW,' died last week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Obituary: John Adams
John Adams, national accounts manager for Penguin Random House, died August 3 of an apparent heart attack. He was 64. A veteran sales rep, he was with PRH and its predecessor companies for 34 years.
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John Lewis, Heroic Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 80
Rep. John Lewis, a fearless leader during the Civil Rights Movement, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor, and the author of the March trilogy, a graphic memoir of the Civil Rights Movement and the first work of comics arts to receive a National Book Award, died on July 17.
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Obituary: Dick Donahue
Dick Donahue, retired features editor at 'Publishers Weekly,' died on July 5 at his assisted living residence, the Beth Abraham Center in the Bronx. He was 79.
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