Deaths in January - 2017

Artist John Berger died January 2 at the age of 90. His many books include Ways of Seeing and G..

Economist Anthony B. Atkinson died January 1 at the age of 72. His books include Inequality: What Can be Done?, The Economic Consequences of Rolling Back the Welfare State and Handbook of Income Distribution.

French Olympian skier Jean Vuarnet died January 2 at the age of 83. He was co-author of How to Ski the New French Way.

Philosophy professor Derek Parfit died January 1 at the age of 74. His books include Reasons and Persons and On What Matters.

Campaigner against sexual violence Jill Saward died at 51 on 5th January. She was the author of Rape: My Story.

Arms control advocate Jeremy J. Stone died January 1 at the age of 81. He was the author of Every man Should Try: Adventures of a Public interest activist.

Prolific journalist Nat Hentoff died January 7 at the age of 91. His books include The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, The War on the Bill of Rights and Free Speech for me==But Not for Thee.

Former Prime Minister and President of Portugal, Mario Soares died January 7 at the age of 92. His books include Os poemas da Minha Vida and Escritos do Exilio.

Famed war correspondent Clare Hollingworth died January 10 at the age of 105. Her books include Front Line, Mao and the Men Against Him and Captain if Captured.

Michael Chamberlain was the father of the Australian baby killed by a dingo in 1980. His memoir was called Beyond Azaria: Black Light White Light. He died January 9 at the age of 72.

Former German president Roman Herzog died January 10 at the age of 82. His books include Preventing the Clash of Civilizations and Staaten der Fruhzeit.

Paralyzed NYPD Officer Steven McDonald, who publicly forgave the boy who shot him, died January 10 at the age of 59. He wrote Steven McDonald Story.

Right wing black activist Roy Innis died January 8 at the age of 82. He wrote Energy Keepers Energy Killers: The New Civil Rights Battle.

Financial author Christopher m. Byron died January 7 at the age of 72. He wrote Martha Inc, Testosterone Inc and The Fanciest Dive.

Novelist William Peter Blatty died January 12 at the age of 89. He is best known for The Exorcist.

Author and illustrator Babette Cole died at 66 on 15th January. She was the creator of many children's picture books including Princess Smartypants and Mummy Laid an Egg.

Pioneering female cricketer Rachael Heyhoe Flint - autobiography Heyhoe!: The autobiography of Rachael Heyhoe Flint - died 2017-01-18.

Economist and linguist Zhou Youguang, who created Pinyin the Romanized Chinese alphabet, died on January 14 at the age of 111. He wrote The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts.

Conservationist and friend to fish, Bud Lilly died January 4 at the age of 91. He wrote Bud Lilly's Guide to Fly Fishing the New West and A Trout's Best Friend.

Ex-pro wrestler Jimmy Snuka died January 15 at theage of 73. His autobiography was called Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story.

California historian Kevin Starr died January 14 at the age of 76. His many books include California: A History and Americans and the California Dream.

Artist and caricaturist Dick Gautier died January 13 at the age of 85. His books include The Creative Cartoonist, Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 caricatures and Actors as Artists.

Computer science professor and chess champion Hans Berliner died January 13 at the age of 87. He wrote The System: A World Champion's Approach to Chess and Chess as Problem Solving.

Astronaut Eugene Cernan died on January 16 at the age of 82. He wrote The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space.

Controversial Bishop Eddie L. Long died January 15 at the age of 63. He wrote What a Man Wants What a Woman Needs and It's Your Time: Reclaim Your Territory for the Kingdom.

Soprano Roberta Peters died January 18 at the age of 86. She wrote A Debut at the Met.

Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman died January 9 at the age of 91. His books include Modernity and the Holocaust and Liquid Modernity.

South African author Peter Abrahams died January 18 at the age of 97. His books include Mine Boy, Tell Freedom: Memories of Africa and The Path of Thunder.

Actor Gordon Kaye died January 23 at the age of 75. His autobiography was called Rene & Me.

Columnist and author of advice books for parents, Vicki Lansky died January 15 at the age of 75. Her books include Feed me, I'm Yours and Games Babies Play.

Editor for Time-Life, Esquire and many others, Byron Dobell died January 21 at the age of 89. His books include A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American heritage. and Creative Pictures.

Actress Mary Tyler Moore died January 25 at the age of 80. She wrote After All and Growing Up Again.

Psychiatrist and pediatrician Phyllis Harrison-Ross died January 16 at the age of 80. She wrote The Black Child: A Parents' Guide.

Speech writer for President Johnson, Harry J. Middleton died January 20 at the age of 95. His books include LBJ: The White House Years, Lady Bird Johnson-A Life Well Lived and The Compact history of the Korean War.

Argentine novelist and short story writer Ricardo Piglia died January 6 at the age of 75. His books include Artificial Respiration, Money to burn and the recent Target in the Night.

Poet and novelist and first American member of Oulipo Harry Mathews died January 25 at the age of 86. His books include Tlooth and My life in CIA.

Jazz photographer Chuck Stewart nee Charles, died January 30 at the age of 89. His books include Chuck Stewart's Jazz Files and Nus Harlem.

Journalist and novelist Emma Tennant died January 20 at the age of 79. Her books include Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued and An Unequal Marriage.

>30 varielle: That should be Emma Tennant.

A link to a Bookseller piece about Emma Tennant's death mentions that her friend Hilary Bailey died on 19 January, aged 80. Her books included a short biography of Vera Brittain and various novels, some of which offered a feminist take on classic or well-known stories, including After the Cabaret referencing Christopher Isherwood character Sally Bowles, Cassandra, Princess of Troy and The Cry from Street to Street about women killed by Jack the Ripper.

Thanks. Lost an "n" there somewhere.

Psychoanalyst Paul H. Ornstein died January 19 at the age of 92. His books include Looking Back: Memoirs of a Psychoanalyst, Focal Psychotherapy and The Search for the Self.

Author Bharati Mukherjee died January 28 at the age of 76. Her many books include Jasmine, Desirable Daughters and The Holder of the World.

Author Harry Mathews died January 25 at the age of 86. His many books include Oulipo Compendium, Cigarettes and My Life in CIA.

Art critic Dore Ashton died January 30 at the age of 88. Her books include A Joseph Cornell Album and The New York School: A cultural Reckoning.

Dancer Marta Becket died January 30 at the age of 92. Her books include To Dance on Sands and Death Valley Junction.

Film preservationist David Shepard died January 31 at the age of 76. His books include Landmarks of Early Film and Slapstick Encyclopedia.

* screwy touchstone for Mr. Shepard, will try to fix later.

Novelist Buchi Emecheta died January 25 at the age of 72. Her many books include The Joys of Motherhood, Second-Class Citizen , The Bride Price and The Slave Girl: A Novel.

Australian newspaper executive James Fairfax died January 12 at the age of 83. His memoir was called My Regards to Broadway. A Memoir.

Author, historian and Soviet era dissident Lev Navrozov died January 22 at the age of 88. He wrote The Education of Lev Navrozov: A Life in the Closed World Once Called Russia.

Novelist Howard Frank Mosher died January 29 at the age of 74. His books include A Stranger in the Kingdom and Walking to Gatlinburg.

Expert on Mahler, Henry-Louis de la Grange died January 27 at the age of 92. His books include Gustav Mahler, Vol. 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge and Gustav Mahler, Volume 3: Vienna: Triumph and Delusion.

Scholar and author on imperialism and resistance writing, Barbara Harlow died January 28 at the age of 68. Her books include Imperialism and orientalism: A Documentary Sourcebook, Resistance Literature and Archives of Empire.

Tenor Nicolai Gedda died January 8 at the age of 91. His autobiography was called Nicolai Gedda: My Life and Art.

Guitarist Deke Leonard died January 31 at the age of 72. He wrote Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics.

>40 varielle: Didn't catch this. Sad. Man are one of my favourite groups.

Swedish photographer and scientist Lennart Nilsson died January 28 at the age of 94. His books include Behold Man: A Photographic Journey of Discovery inside the Body and Body Victorious.

It just came to my attention that Shakespeare scholar Marion Trousdale died in January 2017. Her writings included the well-regarded book Shakespeare and the Rhetoricians. She taught at the University of Maryland in College Park where I met and spoke with her several times. She was gracious and helpful. R.I.P.