Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Richard Yates; Novelist, Short-Story Writer Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 06:18:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Richard Yates; Novelist, Short-Story Writer Publication Date: Thursday November 12, 1992 BYLINE: Richard Yates, 66, best known for his 1961 novel, "Revolutionary Road," about a disillusioned Connecticut couple. Yates also wrote the novels "A Special Providence," "Disturbing the Peace," "The Easter Parade" and "Cold Spring Harbor." He also wrote two short story collections, "11 Kinds of Loneliness," and "Liars in Love." A former speech writer for Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, Yates had been working for many years on a novel about Washington during the John F. Kennedy Administration titled "Uncertain Times." His publisher said he was not certain if the novel was ready for publication. In Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday of emphysema. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM