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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. Re:Two in one day... Stephen King, dead at 54 by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard that Walter White is dead at age 52. Everyone who loves chemistry will be mourning the Nobel winner.

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