How Doris Betts Died: Cause of Death, Age at Death, and More!
Doris Betts reached the respectable age of 79 years. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous novelist.
Biography - A Short Wiki
An American writer of six novels and three collections of short stories, she is best known for Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories (1973). Her popular short story, The Ugliest Pilgrim, was made into both an Academy Award-winning live action film and a stage musical.
After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she worked for several years as a newspaper reporter. She later taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She won a Guggenheim Fellowship.
She married judge Lowry Betts. The couple became parents to a son named Erskine.
She and Theodore C. Blegen both received Guggenheim Fellowships.
How did Doris Betts die?
| Cause of death | N/A |
|---|---|
| Age of death | 79 years |
| Profession | Novelist |
| Birthday | June 4, 1932 |
| Death date | April 21, 2012 |
| Place of death | Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States |
| Place of burial | N/A |
