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Bette Howland's writing is drawing renewed interest thanks to the discovery of one of her books on a $1 cart at the Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan in 2015.
Jacob Howland
Bette Howland
Died on December 13, 2017 at age 80
Ms. Howland wrote three well-regarded books in the 1970s and early ’80s, then faded from the literary scene, only to be rediscovered recently.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.