Billie Letts | |
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| Born | Billie Dean Gipson (1938-05-30)May 30, 1938 |
| Died | August 2, 2014(2014-08-02) (aged 76) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, educator |
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| Children | 3; includingTracy |
Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an Americannovelist and educator. She was a professor atSoutheastern Oklahoma State University.
Letts was born asBillie Dean Gipson[1] inTulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (née Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.[2]
She marriedDennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958.[1] The couple had three children: Dana,Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer).[3][4] Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels.[1][5] He died oflung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.[1][5]
Letts died in a Tulsa hospital frompneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed withacute myeloid leukemia.[6][7]
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