Which author was the last to die, Mario Puzo or Edith Hamilton?
Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( ; ] ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist of Italian descent. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably "The Godfather" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and "Part II" in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 "Superman" film. His last novel, "The Family", was released posthumously in 2001.
Edith Holden Edith Blackwell Holden (26 September 1871 – 15 March 1920) was a British artist and art teacher. She was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham. She became famous following the posthumous publication of her "Nature Notes for 1906", in facsimile form, as the book "The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" in 1977, which was an enormous publishing success, frequently given as a gift. These, and her life story, were later the subject of a television dramatisation.