Overview

• Edmund White died of natural causes at his New York City home on June 3, 2025, his agent Bill Clegg confirmed.
• The Ohio-born author published more than 30 books, including A Boy’s Own Story, The Joy of Gay Sex and a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Jean Genet.
• He co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in early 1982 and, after his 1985 HIV diagnosis, became a leading advocate during the AIDS epidemic.
• White served as a professor of creative writing at Princeton University and taught at Brown University, mentoring a generation of writers.
• He is survived by his husband of almost 30 years, Michael Carroll, and his sister, Margaret Fleming.