As I was writing this morning and eating my breakfast, I was listening to the Good Morning America weekend newscast. For the majority of the broadcast, they have been paying tribute to those famous figures who have died in 2006. Pretty typical for the last day of the year. However, as they continued to honor those we lost this year, I was surprised by the lack of writers on the list. Unless you count Robert Altman or Aaron Spelling as writers.
So, I began to search for the memorial list for writers. I tried Poets & Writers and Publisher's Weekly, to no avail. I tried a basic Google search, and only came up with individuals. Then, I began to dig deeper. While there are no definitive comprehensive lists of only writers who died, I am thankful to the Dead People's Server for their lists of all celebrities who died and including several writers.
Here is my list, not close to comprehensive, of writers who I admire that have passed away this year:
Betty Friedan -- feminist icon and writer
Mickey Spillane -- noir novelist
Robert Creeley -- Black Mountain poet
Muriel Spark -- novelist
Donald Hall -- poet
Perhaps next year a larger news source will honor the literary writers who have died, not just the creators of soap operas.
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