Clarence C. Strowbridge, Former Dover President, Dies at 89

Strowbridge joined Dover Publications in 1959, and was named president in 2000. He died on August 5. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Clarence C. Strowbridge, Former Dover President, Dies at 89

Strowbridge joined Dover Publications in 1959, and was named president in 2000. He died on August 5. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall• Mark Lawson: Maggie Smith was a magisterial star with the courage and talent to do absolutely everythingMaggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-09-27 13:17:05 UTC ]
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David A. Morton, Who Defined Rizzoli's Architecture Program, Dies at 89

Morton, who joined Rizzoli International Publications in 1987 and was named associate publisher in 2008, published titles by such leading architects as Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and I.M. Pei. He died on June 27, a day shy of his 90th birthday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Roy Gainsburg, Former St. Martin's Press President, Dies at 91

Roy Gainsburg, president of St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 1997, died on December 9. He was 91. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Artenstein, Former S&S Group President and Publisher, Dies at 83

After executive roles at Grosset & Dunlap and Simon & Schuster, Artenstein launched RGA/Lowell House in 1984, and sold the company to the NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group in 1998. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury USA president dies in speedboat collision in Italy

Adrienne Vaughan was on family holiday and reportedly fell overboard when speedboat collided with a sailboatAdrienne Vaughan, the 45-year-old president of the US branch of the Bloomsbury publishing house, has been killed after a collision between a speedboat and a 45-metre sailboat on Italy’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-08-04 19:59:33 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury USA President Adrienne Vaughan Dies at 45

Adrienne Vaughan, who was vacationing in Italy with her husband and two children, was fatally injured in a boating accident off the Amalfi Coast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cormac McCarthy, Author of The Road, Has Died at 89

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy has died of natural causes in his Sante Fe home at the age of 89. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-06-13 20:12:27 UTC ]
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Cormac McCarthy, Whose Sentences and Cynicism Reshaped American Letters, Dies at 89

Cormac McCarthy, whose inimitable literary style and uniquely bleak outlook on human nature combined to ensure his status as a behemoth of contemporary American letters, died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., on June 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cecile Pineda, wide-ranging Latina author, dies at 89

She burst onto the literary scene in 1985 with her debut novel, “Face,” and later grappled with the immigrant experience and dangers of the nuclear age. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-16 03:21:25 UTC ]
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Jan Longone, Influential Scholar of Food History, Dies at 89

The cookbook collection that began in the basement of her home became the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the University of Michigan. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-08-13 16:51:40 UTC ]
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David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies aged 89

The author of biographies and other works and narrator of documentaries, McCullough was ‘the voice of American history’David McCullough, the Pulitzer prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to American presidents John Adams and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-08-08 19:41:16 UTC ]
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David McCullough, master chronicler of American history, dies at 89

The two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize was a master storyteller who brought to life the grand sweep of time and place. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-08 16:43:22 UTC ]
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Book Publisher Merloyd Ludington Lawrence Dies at 89

Her imprint, Merloyd Lawrence Books, published hundreds of works of nonfiction with Addison-Wesley, Basic Books, Da Capo Press, Hachette, and Perseus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Blanche Cirker, Cofounder of Dover Publications, Dies at 104

Blanche Cirker, who, with her husband, Hayward, started Dover Publications in 1941, died last week at the age of 104. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hazel Henderson, environmental activist and futurist author, dies at 89

She spent decades campaigning for social change, fighting to limit air pollution in New York City and to rethink conventional yardsticks for economic development. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-23 23:59:08 UTC ]
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Foraging author Roger Phillips dies aged 89

Foraging expert Roger Phillips has died aged 89, his publisher Pan Macmillan has announced.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-24 00:28:52 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson former president Peter Warner dies, aged 79

Peter Warner, former president and publisher of Thames & Hudson, has died at the age of 79 from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-12 20:14:10 UTC ]
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Emerald Publishing founder Dr Keith Howard dies, aged 89

The founder and owner of Emerald Publishing, Dr Keith Howard, has died peacefully at his home at the age of 89. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-14 08:04:56 UTC ]
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Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of ancient Greece, dies at 89

He was also a contentious defender of traditional education and architect of neoconservative foreign policy. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 08:47:01 UTC ]
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