Horatio Nelson
October 2nd, 2013, 03:43 PM
"Tom Clancy, writer of espionage and military science thrillers has died. He was 66 years old.
Clancy died Tuesday night after a brief illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His death has been confirmed by his lawyer, Thomas Webb.
"When he published 'The Hunt for Red October' he redefined and expanded the genre and as a consequence of that, a lot of people were able to publish such books who had previously been unable to do so," said Stephen C. Hunter, an author and former Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post. "He valued technical precision and on-target writing that became the form of the modern thriller."
Mr. Clancy was the author of numerous best-selling novels, most of which featured the character Jack Ryan.
"I've been lucky," Mr. Clancy said in a 1992 interview with The Baltimore Sun."
-The Chicago Tribune.
Rest of story here: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77633491/
I've always liked Tom Clancy, it's sad to see such a great author pass. :(
Clancy died Tuesday night after a brief illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His death has been confirmed by his lawyer, Thomas Webb.
"When he published 'The Hunt for Red October' he redefined and expanded the genre and as a consequence of that, a lot of people were able to publish such books who had previously been unable to do so," said Stephen C. Hunter, an author and former Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post. "He valued technical precision and on-target writing that became the form of the modern thriller."
Mr. Clancy was the author of numerous best-selling novels, most of which featured the character Jack Ryan.
"I've been lucky," Mr. Clancy said in a 1992 interview with The Baltimore Sun."
-The Chicago Tribune.
Rest of story here: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77633491/
I've always liked Tom Clancy, it's sad to see such a great author pass. :(