Michael J. Schumacher, author who chronicled lives of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75 Jan 05, 2026 · Todd Richmond · washingtontimes.com read more » Michael J. Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75. Read more »