“Great Santini” Author Pat Conroy Diagnosed with Cancer

“I celebrated my 70th birthday in October and realized that I’ve spent my whole writing life trying to find out who I am and I don’t believe I’ve even come close. It...

“Ragtime” Author E. L. Doctorow Dies of Lung Cancer

American author E. L. Doctorow has passed away at the age of...

Oliver Sachs Has Terminal Cancer

As a physician Oliver Sachs has dealt with patients who are facing...

Maurice Sendak, King of the “Wild Things” Gone

Let the wild rumpus begin! This is my favorite Maurice Sendak line,...

Atheist Christopher Hitchens Used “The Language of God” To Battle His Cancer

English-American author and journalist Christopher Hitchens died today from cancer of the...

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WANTED: Charming, aggressive, carefree people who are good at looking out for Number 1
By Dr Mark Boguski on June 27, 2011
If our headline describes you, you could be a psychopath. Really. Our title is actually part of a classified newspaper ad that researchers used to...
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James Frey opens up to Oprah about the loss of his son from Type I SMA
By Dr. Michele Berman on May 18, 2011
Yesterday, Oprah aired the second part of her interview with author James Frey. As you may recall, Frey came to his celebrity when he published...
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UPDATES: August 5, 2010
By Dr Mark Boguski on August 5, 2010
In December, 2009, we reported that 30 Rock regular Grizzwald “Grizz” Chapman had revealed on the Dr. Oz Show that he has kidney failure due...
Reclusive legend J.D. Salinger expires
By Dr Mark Boguski on January 28, 2010
Legendary author, Jerome David Salinger died yesterday of natural causes in his home in Cornish, New Hampshire were he lived in self-exile for decades. Mr....
Book World Loses Two Well-Known Authors
By Dr Mark Boguski on January 20, 2010
This week we lost two well- known authors- Robert B. Parker and Erich Segal. Both died of heart attacks. Robert B. Parker,77, was a prolific...

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“Great Santini” Author Pat Conroy Diagnosed with Cancer

“Ragtime” Author E. L. Doctorow Dies of Lung Cancer

Oliver Sachs Has Terminal Cancer

Maurice Sendak, King of the “Wild Things” Gone

Atheist Christopher Hitchens Used “The Language of God” To Battle His Cancer

WANTED: Charming, aggressive, carefree people who are good at looking out for Number 1

James Frey opens up to Oprah about the loss of his son from Type I SMA

UPDATES: August 5, 2010

Reclusive legend J.D. Salinger expires

Book World Loses Two Well-Known Authors

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