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in memoriam:stan daniels, elizabeth jolley, kurt vonnegut, june callwood, hans koning, jim thurman, david halberstam, johnny hart

Sadly, several writers have died recently, including:

• Emmy-winning writer Stan Daniels (Taxi, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) died April 6 at age 72.
• “Australian Gothic” fiction writer Elizabeth Jolley has died at age 82.
• Best-selling author, playwright, essayist and social critic Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five) died at age 84 from injuries sustained in a fall.
• Canadian author, journalist and activist June Callwood died April 13 at age 82 after a three-year battle with cancer.
• Fiction and non-fiction writer Hans Koning (A Walk With Love and Death) has died.
• Emmy-winning children’s TV writer Jim Thurman (Sesame Street) died April 14 at age 72 after a short illness.
• Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Halberstam died in a car crash April 23 at age 73.
• Writer and cartoonist Johnny Hart (B.C., The Wizard of Id) died of a stroke at age 76.