Bright Lights extinguished: 2023
The following is a list of several (but not all) of mystery writers and friends who passed away in 2023. Please let me know if there's anyone else who left us in 2023 that you would like to mention. Please leave a comment, and, if possible, add a link to the obituary.
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Ted Bell
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/books/ted-bell-dead.html
Win Blevins
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/07/win-blevins-rip.html
Jill Churchill
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/07/jill-churchill-janice-carol-young.html
Carol Higgins Clark
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/06/carol-higgins-clark-rip.html
K.C.Constantine
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/03/kc-constantine-rip.html
Tom Corcoran
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/tom-corcoran-obituary?id=41952464
Jerry Doolittle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/22/jerry-doolittle-humor-carter-dies/
Tim Dorsey
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/11/tim-dorsey-rip.html
John Dunning
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/05/john-dunning-rip.html
Les Edgerton
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/09/les-edgerton-rip.html
Christopher Fowler
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/03/christopher-fowler-rip.html
James Hayman
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/09/james-hayman-rip.html
Patricia Holt
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/01/patricia-holt-rip.html
John Jakes
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/books/john-jakes-dead.html
Marv Lachman
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/10/marv-lachman-rip.html
Rita Lakin
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/03/rita-lakin-rip.html
Jim Napier
https://www.steveelkas.com/avisdeces/dr-jim-james-e-napier/
Anne Perry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/books/anne-perry-dead.html
Tom Savage
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/12/tom-savage-rip.html
Tom Schantz
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/07/tom-schantz-rip.html
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I could not find obituaries for:
Jan Christensen
Dawn Dowdle
Harriet Stay
Please send links to any obituary for the above.
Jim Napier https://www.steveelkas.com/avisdeces/dr-jim-james-e-napier/
ReplyDeleteDawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency
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I was not aware of Jim Napier. Thank you for posting.
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ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Janet, and thank you for all the important and interesting information you've passed on to us, including the obituaries you posted in 2023 and this list summing them up. I look forward to reading Mystery Fanfare every day in 2024, as I have in 2023, both for everything I learn from it and for the great cartoons! It's nice to start the day with a giggle.
Judy, Jim just passed away on December 23. So sad.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry I didn't get to meet you at Bcon.. I hope our paths will cross in the future..Have a great year!
So sad. Thanks for the list
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