Billie Letts
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| Born | Billie Dean Gipson (1938-05-30)May 30, 1938 |
| Died | August 2, 2014(2014-08-02) (aged 76)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
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| Occupation(s) | Novelist, educator |
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(m. 1958; died 2008) |
| Children | 3; including Tracy |
Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson[1]inTulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (née Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.[2]
She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958.[1] The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer).[3][4] Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels.[1][5] He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.[1][5]
Letts died in a Tulsa hospital from pneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[6][7]
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