What is Donald Richie?
{{Infobox person | Donald Richie = | image = Donald Richie.jpg | alt = | caption = Donald Richie in February 2009 | birth_name = Donald Steiner Richie | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|04|17}} | birth_place = [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]], [[Ohio]], [[USA]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|02|19|1924|04|17}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | death_cause = Natural causes | nationality = American | education = | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] | other_names = | occupation = Author, journalist, film critic | known_for = }} '''Donald Steiner Richie''' (April 17, 1924 &ndash; February 19, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] writer, director, historian, journalist, and movie critic. He only wrote his books or reviewed his movies in [[Japan]]. He directed his first movie when he was 17. ==Personal life== Richie was born on April 17, 1924 in [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]], [[Ohio]]. He studied at [[Columbia University]]. Richie was openly [[bisexual]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Fackler |first=Martin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/asia/donald-richie-american-expert-on-japan-is-dead-at-88.html?_r=0 |title=Donald Richie, American Expert on Japan, Is Dead at 88 |publisher=The New York Times |date=2013-02-19 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> He could speak Japanese, but could not write in it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Life_in_Japanese_Film_Donald_Richie#fullprogram |title=Life in Japanese Film: Donald Richie |publisher=FORA.tv |accessdate=2012-08-23 |archive-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926162648/http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Life_in_Japanese_Film_Donald_Richie#fullprogram |url-status=dead }}</ref> Richie died on February 19, 2013 in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] from natural causes, aged 88.<ref>{{cite news| author=Matt Schudel| title=Obituary; Donald Richie, American writer on Japan, dies at 88| date=2013-02-20| work=[[Washington Post]]| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-richie-american-writer-on-