Born: 3-Feb-1926
Birthplace: Yonkers, NY
Died: 7-Nov-1992
Location of death: Birmingham, AL
Cause of death: Emphysema

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Revolutionary Road

Military service: US Army

Wife: Sheila Bryant (m. 1948, div. 1960)
Wife: Martha Speers (m. 1968, div. 1975)

    High School: Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT

    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Smoking

Author of books:
Revolutionary Road (1961, novel)
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1962, short stories)
A Special Providence (1969, novel)
Disturbing the Peace (1975, novel)
The Easter Parade (1976, novel)
A Good School (1978, novel)
Liars in Love (1981, short stories)
Young Hearts Crying (1984, novel)
Cold Spring Harbor (1986, novel)
The Collected Stories of Richard Yates (2001, short stories)

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