US EditionMichael Schumacher, Wisconsin Author of Biographies of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, Dies at 75
Michael Schumacher wrote acclaimed biographies of cultural icons and detailed Great Lakes shipwrecks, leaving a lasting impact on regional history and literature.
- On Dec. 29, Michael Schumacher died, his daughter Emily Joy Schumacher confirmed; he was 75 and known as a Wisconsin author of biographies and Great Lakes histories.
- Born in Kansas, Michael Schumacher settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he left University of Wisconsin-Parkside one credit short and built careers in biographies and Great Lakes lore.
- On the Great Lakes he documented the Edmund Fitzgerald, November 1913 storm that killed more than 250 sailors, and 1958 Lake Michigan sinking with four sailors.
- His daughter declined to provide a cause of death, while Emily Joy Schumacher described him as 'a history person' and 'a good human' and recalled his generosity.
- He worked longhand filling flip notebooks before typing manuscripts, and his attention to craft underpinned biographies of figures like Will Eisner, a pioneer of graphic novels.
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American author Michael Schumacher, who wrote a diverse range of works from a biography of musician Eric Clapton to descriptions of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, has died. He was 75. His daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, wrote that her father passed away on December 29. She did not give a cause of death.
The American biographer and storyteller, who wrote acclaimed books about musicians, filmmakers and shipwrecks, has died.
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Michael Schumacher, Wisconsin author of biographies of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75
Wisconsin author Michael Schumacher, who produced an array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died at age 75.
Michael Schumacher has died, the writer was 75 - he also wrote biographies of Francis Ford Coppola and Eric Clapton.
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