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San Jose Mystery series writers - Deaths

Mrs. Pollifax series creator Dorothy Gilman dies at 88

  • Dorothy Gilman
  • February 4, 2012
Dorothy Gilman, author of the Mrs. Pollifax mystery series, passed away at her Rye Brook, N.Y. home on Feb. 2, 2012. The 88-year-old author’s...
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'Dalziel and Pascoe' series creator Reginald Hill dies of cancer

  • Reginald Hill
  • January 14, 2012
British crime novelist Reginald Hill died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. The author of a series of novels featuring...
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Dixie Hemingway series writer Blaize Clement dies of cancer

  • Blaize Clement
  • July 30, 2011
Blaize Clement, creator of the Dixie Hemingway Mysteries, died July 20, 2011 after an ongoing battle with cancer. The 78-year-old writer, who...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, author of 'The Cat Who ...' mysteries, dies at 97

Lilian Jackson Braun, creator of The Cat Who ... mystery series, died Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum,...
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Inspector Ghote’s creator H.R.F. Keating dies at 84

  • H.R.F. Keating
  • April 3, 2011
Noted crime fiction writer and critic H.R.F. Keating died from heart failure on March 27, 2011. Keating was 84. "He was famous in England for...
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Writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell dies at age 69

Writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell died at his home in Pasadena, California on September 30, 2010 following a battle with melanoma. He was 69....
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