Terry Kay, author of ‘To Dance With the White Dog,’ dies
Terry Kay, a native of Georgia who won fans at home and abroad for his novels set in the South, has died. He was 82.
His death on Saturday was announced on his Facebook page. A post on the page October 25 said Kay had been diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer. His daughter, Heather Kay Flury, confirmed the news to The Atlanta Journal- Constitution. She did not immediately respond to a Facebook message seeking comment on her father’s death.
Kay was born in Hart County, Georgia, on Feb. 10, 1938, one of 12 children. After graduating from LaGrange College, he began his career in journalism at the weekly Decatur-DeKalb News. He later worked at the Atlanta Journal as a sportswriter and a film and theater critic.
Kay was perhaps best known for his 1990 novel “To Dance With the White Dog,” which helped establish him as one of the South’s leading writers.