His biographer Willie Steele told CBC radio that Kinsella was always generous, even when he knew his time was limited. "He essentially told me a couple of weeks ago, 'You know, I'm not going to be here much longer, so whatever questions you've got, let's get them done,'" Steele said.
Date: Sep 17, 2016
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
'Shoeless Joe' author WP Kinsella has doctor-assisted death
His literary agency confirmed the writer had a doctor-assisted death on Friday in Hope, B.C. The agency did not provide details but Willie Steele, who has been working on a biography of the writer, said Kinsella struggled with health complications due to diabetes for a number of years.
Date: Sep 16, 2016
Source: Google
Canadian author WP Kinsella, best known for Shoeless Joe book that became Field of Dreams, dead at 81
suffered a head injury when he was hit by a car in 1997, and didnt release a new novel until 2011. His biographer Willie Steele said Kinsella had also been diagnosed with diabetes in the 1980s, and his health had deteriorated to the point where he had spent the past few weeks in the Hope hospital.