On April 16th, Harry Potter actress Helen McCrory passed away at the age of 52. Her former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton are reacting to her death.
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Beloved Children’s Author and Illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund Dies at 95
On March 9, the world lost beloved children's author and illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund. She passed at her home in Litchfield County, Connecticut from heart failure. She was 95 years old.
Children’s Author Beverly Cleary Passes at 104
This past Thursday, beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary died, as told in a press statement from Harper Collins. She passed away peacefully in her home in Carmel, California, where she had been living for over sixty years. No cause of death was given. She was 104.
Authors across the world mourn her death, including decorated writer Judy Blume, who writes on Twitter,
“Beverly Cleary! My inspiration. I wanted to write books like yours. I so regret never having met you. You will not be forgotten.”
Cleary was well loved for her series Beezus and Ramona, a set of eight novels following two sisters. Ramona and Her Father went on to win a Newbury Award in 1978, followed by another for Ramona Quimby, Age 8 in 1982. Overall, her books have won over thirty awards. In 2000, the Library of Congress named her a “living legend.”
When interviewed by TODAY on what she was most proud of, she said “the fact that children love my books.”
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B is for “Book Release”: RBG’s Last Book To Be Published in 2021
The loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is without a doubt one of the lower lows of this uncommonly uphill year, and so it may come as a comfort to many that the allegedly notorious RBG—a national pillar of empowerment, equity, and social justice—is not quite done speaking.
Legendary Journalist Sir Harold Evans Dies At Age 92
The British-American journalist, publisher, and author has died of heart failure in New York last night.
