It became the blueprint for the 1989 Oscar-nominated movie, which starred Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta. When he does, Shoeless Joe Jackson and other baseball players of yesteryear come to play. In the 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe,” a farmer hears a voice telling him to build a baseball diamond in his corn fields. Assisted deaths became legal in Canada in June. Details about his health were not disclosed. Kinsella’s death on Friday in Hope, British Columbia was doctor-assisted. His literary agent Carolyn Swayze said in a statement that Mr. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film “Field of Dreams,” has died. VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian novelist W.P. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy,File) RUSTY KENNEDY/Associated Press The agency did not provide details about Kinsella's health. 16, 2016, in Hope, British Columbia, Canada. His literary agency confirms the writer had a doctor-assisted death on Friday, Sept. Kinsella, the author of "Shoeless Joe," the award-winning novel that became the film "Field of Dreams," has died at 81. Kinsella standing on the baseball field before game five of the World Series between Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves in Toronto, Ontario. 23, 1992, file photo shows Canadian author W.P.
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