India, Jan. 6 -- Michael Schumacher, the Wisconsin-based author, celebrated for his wide-ranging works, from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to detailed accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died at the age of 75.

His daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed onMonday that her father passed away on December 29, though she did not disclose the cause of death, as reported by The Independent.

She described her father as "a history person" and a "good human." She recalled that he worked longhand, filling countless flip notebooks before transcribing them on a typewriter, adding that she still remembers the sound of the keys clacking.

Emily continued, "My dad was a very generous person with people." ...