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| Mr Tom Clancy |
Mr Clancy died at Johs Hopkins Hospital after a brief
illness . He grew up in Baltimore ,his lawyer ,J.W. Thompson Webb, said on Wednesday . Neither Mr. Webb
nor Mr. Clancy’s longtime publisher, Ivan Held ,president of G.P. Putnam’s son
, said he knew the precise cause of death.
Mr. Clancy ‘s debut book, “The Hunt for Red October,” was
the greatest genre novels ever written. By this book which was published in
1984,Mr Clancy introduced a new kind of potboiler: an espionage thriller dense
with technical details about weaponry , submarines and intelligence agencies.
The impact of his books has been felt far beyoud the publishing world. Some of
them were adapted by Hollywood .
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