Best Selling Author Tom Clancy Dead At 66
Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October'' and "Patriot Games'' made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died. He was 66.
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Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October'' and "Patriot Games'' made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died. He was 66.
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