Ellen Raskin's Death

Born (Birthday) March 13, 1928

Death Date August 8, 1984

Age of Death 56 years

Cause of Death Connective Tissue Disease

Profession Children's Author

The children’s author Ellen Raskin died at the age of 56. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Award-winning American children’s book author and illustrator who is best known for her novel The Westing Game, published in 1978. She illustrated over 28 books between 1956 and 1970.

She married Dennis Flanagan, the editor of Scientific American, in 1965.