Overview
- Greer died after a brief illness on Tuesday, September 15, her husband David Hutchins said, and he asked for the family’s privacy as tributes began to appear.
- Born in Chicago in 1948, she moved to Britain in 1986, became a British citizen in 1997, and combined a transatlantic creative career with public roles in UK cultural life.
- Her writing earned major recognition, including the Verity Bargate Award for Munda Negra, novels such as Hanging by Her Teeth and Entropy, and a memoir and music history called Obama Music.
- She turned a 2009 BBC Question Time encounter with BNP leader Nick Griffin into the opera Yes, and she was a frequent television panellist whose forthright commentary often provoked public debate.
- Greer served on the boards of the British Museum, the Royal Opera House and the London Film School, held the Chancellorship of Kingston University, and her death has prompted reflection on representation and governance in Britain’s arts institutions.