death_place death_date birth_place birth_date genre article_title name occupation
hohenwald , tennessee 23 february 2012 hohenwald , tennessee 27 october 1941 literature william gay -lrb- author -rrb-
 william gay writer
william gay -lrb- author -rrb-

william elbert gay -lrb- october 27 , 1941 february 23 , 2012 -rrb- was an american writer of novels and short stories .
