Daughter of Famed Writer Michael Lewis Dies in Tahoe Car Crash
Posted on 05/30/2021
Michael Lewis is the writer of stories such as “Moneyball” and “Liar’s Poker”. Sad news has risen that Lewis’ 19-year-old daughter Dixie Lewis died in a car wreck. The mother of Dixie Lewis is former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren.
Dixie Lewis was a passenger in a car driven by her friend and former Berkeley High School classmate, Ross Schultz, 20, who also died in the Tuesday afternoon accident.
“We loved her so much and are in a kind of pain none of us has experienced,” Michael Lewis said in a statement to Berkeleyside, a community news site that first reported the deaths. “She loved Ross, with whom she died. She loved to live and our hearts are so broken they can’t find the words to describe the feeling.”
Ross Schultz and Dixie Lewis were driving north on State Route 89 from Lake Tahoe toward the city of Truckee. Their 2014 Ford Fusion sedan crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a southbound Freightliner semitruck driven by a 45-year-old man from Fernley, Nevada. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on 89.
Dixie Lewis graduated from high school in 2020 and had completed her first year at Pomona College, where she played on the softball team.