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Tom Clancy Is Dead At 66

Posted by Unknown on from the bummer dept.

guttentag writes "The author of The Hunt for Red October and many military and espionage novels which inspired a number of movies video games died last night in a Baltimore Hospital. The news was first reported by Publishers Weekly's Twitter account this morning and confirmed by New York Times Book Reporter Julie Bosman's Twitter account."

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  1. I would like to have seen Montana. by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    n/t

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  2. Re:Now who is going to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm guessing a Ghost writer.

  3. Let the Conspiracy Theories begin... by wernercd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obamacare starts. Tom Clancy Dies. Coincidence? I think not.

    1. Re:Let the Conspiracy Theories begin... by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh come on, you can do better than that. How about this: NSA spy thriller manuscript found partially written in dead author's home. Contained too much truth. Experts say it may have gone beyond Snowden's revelations, and pulled in numerous undisclosed sources. Cause of death remains unknown.

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  4. CRAZY IVAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I shout this every time I see someone fake right then flip around for a u-turn at a 4-way stop in San Francisco, which is like every day.