Wayne A. Barcomb, 83, of Boston died Oct. 26 after an eight-year battle with mixed dementia.

He wrote freelance book reviews for the Boston Herald and theater reviews for The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass.

After military service, he began a long career in college textbook publishing in Boston.

He wrote four novels.

He leaves his wife, Susan; three children, Scott, Melissa and David; seven grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.