Question: Which author was the last to die, Mario Puzo or Edith Hamilton?
Context: Don Fabrizio Fanucci is a fictional character appearing in the Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and the film "The Godfather Part II", a sequel to the film version of Puzo's novel.  Fanucci is portrayed by Gastone Moschin and is based on the personality of Ignazio Lupo, a real-life mafioso. The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.  Partially based on Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather", the film is both sequel and prequel to "The Godfather", presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone crime family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( ; ] ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist of Italian descent.  He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably "The Godfather" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola.  He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and "Part II" in 1974.  Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 "Superman" film.  His last novel, "The Family", was released posthumously in 2001. The Family Corleone is a 2012 novel by Ed Falco, based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo, who died in 1999.  It is the prequel to Puzo's "The Godfather".  It was published by Grand Central Publishing and released May 8, 2012. The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004.  It is the sequel to Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", which was originally published in 1969, and "The Sicilian" (1984).  The publisher, Random House, selected Winegardner to write a sequel after Puzo's death.  As the original novel covered the years 1945 to 1955, and included significant back story on Don Vito Corleone's life, "Returns" covers the years 1955 to 1962, and includes significant back story on Michael Corleone's life prior to the first novel. Fools Die is a 1978 novel by Italian American author Mario Puzo.  Played out in the worlds of gambling, publishing and the film industry, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honor in the ferment of contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same.  Set in New York, Hollywood, and Las Vegas, Mario Puzo considered "Fools Die" to be his personal favorite.  The paperback rights to the book were sold in 1978 by the publisher, G. P. Putnam's Sons, to New American Library for a then record $2.55 million. The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo.  Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group (ISBN  ), it is based on Puzo's most famous work, "The Godfather".  It is regarded as "The Godfather"'s literary sequel. The Family is a 2001 novel written by Mario Puzo.  The novel is about Pope Alexander VI and his family.  Puzo spent over twenty years working on the book off and on, while he wrote others.  The novel was finished by his longtime girlfriend, Carol Gino.  "The Family" is effectively his last novel. Omertà is a novel by Mario Puzo, published posthumously in 2000.  It was first published by Ballantine Books.  "Omertà" follows the story of Don Aprile's adopted "nephew" Astorre Viola.  This is the final book in Puzo's mafia trilogy.  The first two were "The Godfather" and "The Last Don". Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally-known author who was the most renowned classicist of her era.  A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich.  Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland; however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
Answer: Mario Gianluigi Puzo