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Octavia E. Butler, R.I.P. – Cause of Death, Date of Death, Age and Birthday

The novelist Octavia E. Butler passed away at age 58, this age of death has to be considered premature. What was the cause of death? Below is all you want to know regarding the death of Octavia E. Butler and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

The first American science fiction writer to receive the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, she published such popular titles as Kindred (1979) and Fledgling (2005). She is also known for her Patternist, Lilith’s Brood, and Parable series.

Her father died when she was a baby, and she was raised in Pasadena, California by her mother and grandmother.

How did Octavia E. Butler die?

Octavia E. Butler's death was caused by stroke.

Information about the death of Octavia E. Butler
Cause of deathStroke
Age of death58 years
ProfessionNovelist
BirthdayJune 22, 1947
Death dateFebruary 24, 2006
Place of deathN/A
Place of burialN/A

Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

I had a long period of writing what I think of as ‘save the world’ novels. ‘Fledgling’ was a chance to play.

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My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.

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Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other ‘isms’ that cause so much suffering in the world.

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Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.

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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

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