Mike Berro is reporting on Facebook than fantasy writer Barry Hughart has died. No linkable source yet for the news yet.
It’s a darn shame that the slings and arrows of outrageous publishing fortune discouraged him from writing any more Master Li and Number Ten Ox books…
Update: There’s now a small note on Berro’s Barry Hughart bibliography site that “It has been confirmed as of 1-Aug-2019 that Mr. Hughart has passed on.”