What is Walter Hooper?
'''Walter McGehee Hooper''' (March 27, 1931{{spnd}}December 7, 2020) was an American writer and literary advisor. He was in charge of the [[estate]] of [[C.S. Lewis]]. He was a literary trustee for [[Owen Barfield]] from December 1997 to October 2006. He was born in [[Reidsville, North Carolina]]. In 1977, Hooper published the unfinished science fiction novel ''[[The Dark Tower (1977 novel)|The Dark Tower]]'' by Lewis. Hooper died on December 7, 2020 from a [[stroke]] caused by [[COVID-19]] in [[Oxford]], [[Oxfordshire]] at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/december/died-obit-walter-hooper-cs-lewis-secretary-legacy.html Died: Walter Hooper, Who Gave His Life to C.S. Lewis’s Legacy]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Walter}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:American editors]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Writers from North Carolina]] [[Category:Businesspeople from North Carolina]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]]