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1931 – 2015E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015)Died 21 July 2015, aged 84E.L. Doctorow was an American novelist best known for Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, which blended historical fact with fiction. His work won multiple National Book Critics Circle Awards and influenced a generation of American historical fiction writers. Ragtime was adapted into both a film and a Tony Award-winning musical.