Overview

• Edmund White died at age 85 on June 3, 2025, at his New York City home of natural causes, as confirmed by his agent Bill Clegg.
• Over more than five decades, he authored over 30 books including the groundbreaking manual The Joy of Gay Sex and the seminal novel A Boy’s Own Story.
• His final work, The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir, was published in January 2025, offering one last candid exploration of gay experiences.
• A witness to the Stonewall riots and co-founder of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1982, White lived with an HIV diagnosis from 1985 and continued writing through decades of advocacy.
• He is survived by his husband, writer Michael Carroll, his partner for nearly 30 years.