Ken Grimwood, a speculative fiction writer, died on June 5 of an apparent heart attack. He was 59. Grimwood was best known for his time travel novel, “Replay,” which won the World Fantasy Award in 1988. He was working on a sequel to the book when he died.
Belarusian author Vasil Bykov died of cancer on Sunday. He was 79. Bykov’s writing was translated into more than 40 languages. His books, “Sign of Misfortune,” “Alpine Ballad” and “Sotnikov,” are required reading for Belarusian school children.
Asa Baber, columnist for Playboy, died on Monday. Cause of death was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 66. Baber’s “Men” column launched in 1982 and covered a variety of issues — divorce, sexuality and male-bashing — from a man’s perspective. A collection of Baber’s columns, “Naked at the Gender … Continue reading
George Axelrod, an author of successful plays and movies, died Saturday in Los Angeles. Cause of death was heart failure. He was 81. Axelrod wrote the play and script for “The Seven Year Itch.” After three years on Broadway, the movie version starring Marilyn Monroe became a box office hit. Axelrod also penned the screenplays … Continue reading
Art Cooper, editor of GQ for 20 years, died on June 9. Cooper had a stroke while eating at the Four Seasons, several weeks after he retired from his post. He was 65. Nearly 400 magazine publishers, editors and writers — including Helen Gurley Brown, Tina Brown, David Halberstam and Jeff Greenfield — appeared at … Continue reading
Peter Redgrove was a versatile and prolific writer whose output included about 50 verse collections, more than two dozen plays, a half-dozen novels and a number of short stories. Redgrove died on Monday in southwest England. He was 71.
David Brinkley, the droll, junior half of the Huntley-Brinkley team that set an award-winning standard of professionalism in TV news broadcasting in its early days, died Wednesday night in Houston of complications resulting from a fall. He was 82.