Deaths
- January 26 - A. E. van Vogt, science fiction author
- January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer
- February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip
- March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist
- April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)
- August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck
- September 7 - Malcolm Bradbury, 68, British novelist and critic (The History Man)
- October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
- November 2 - Robert Cormier, 75, young adult fiction writer
- November 6 - L. Sprague de Camp, 92, American sci-fi and fantasy author
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“I sang of death but had I known
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