2009 Death John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 1982 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike for 'Rabbit is Rich' 1947 Birthday Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient 1932 Birthday John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1860 Birthday Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types
