Billie Letts

Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Family

She was married to professor-turned-actor Dennis Letts until his death in 2008. The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy Letts, a playwright, and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer).[1][2]

Personal life

Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson[3] in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.[4][5] She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958.[3] Dennis Letts served as his wife's editor for her own novels.[3][6] He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.[3][6]

Death

Billie Letts died in a Tulsa hospital from pneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[7][8]

Novels

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ Letts family information Archived April 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., twbookmark.com; accessed August 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from Playbill Archived March 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.; accessed August 13, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "TV and film actor Dennis Letts dies". Tulsa World. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-00. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Billie Jean Gipson Letts (1938–2014) – Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Letts, Billie 1938–". highbeam.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Dennis Letts, 73, a Professor Who Became Broadway Actor, Dies". New York Times. Associated Press. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  7. ↑ Obituary for Billie Letts, nytimes.com, August 5, 2014; accessed August 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ Dee Duren. "Best-Selling Oklahoma Author Billie Letts Dies". NewsOn6.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.

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