If an author dies, there is no way to know who actually has the rights to the work.

For each edition, the book appeared with new material, long after one author had died and the other was in a nursing home.

If a best-selling author dies young, it is not usually bad for business.

This speech is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

The author died in 1981 at the age of 73.

An author, he retired in 1977 and died on 3 November 1988.

Its author lived and died a good two centuries ago.

A prolific academic author, he died on 1 June 1930.

The first volume of this work was ready for the press when the author died.

The author died on May 23, 1939 at the age of 72.