[release]NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bestselling novelist Robert B. Parker, who created the Spenser detective novels that became a television series, has died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his representative said on Tuesday. He was 77.
Parker, who wrote nearly 40 novels featuring the tough Boston private investigator Spenser, died on Monday, said Michael Barson at publisher G.P. Putnam and Sons. The cause of death was unknown.
The author, whose series was turned into the 1980s TV series "Spenser: For Hire", wrote more than 60 books that were often set in the Boston area. He also penned books aimed at young adults.
Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and received a PhD degree in English literature from Boston University before his first novel was published in 1973.
He earned several crime writing awards, including an Edgar Award in 1977 from the Mystery Writers of America for best novel for his fourth book in the Spenser series, "Promised Land," which later became the pilot program for the TV series.
Besides Spenser, whose first name is never revealed in the novels, Parker created several detective characters including his more recent protagonist, Jesse Stone, a former minor league baseball player.
(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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R.I.P
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o man dat sux rip!
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[QUOTE=djzwicblaze;19730545]o man dat sux rip!![/QUOTE]
mos def :(
[b]EDIT:[/b] argh
I was half way through reading the thread title expecting it to be Robert Pattison :saddowns:
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omg i got trolled
u so pro
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You are so pro.
Don't go to it, it is lemonparty.
i've never heard of this guy, sorry :(
[QUOTE=Suttles;19730996]You are so pro.
Don't go to it, it is lemonparty.[/QUOTE]
lemonparty??? LOL
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Now he made it goatse. :doh:
[QUOTE=Suttles;19731175]Now he made it goatse. :doh:[/QUOTE]
ye its better
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idiot
Never heard of him.
The Spenser books are pretty cool, Hawk is a great character. The tv show didn't really capture the flavor though.
77 is a pretty good age to live to, I don't think he can complain. Well, he IS dead, so I know he can't complain.
I was expecting Bob Barker to be dead after reading the title. Never heard of this Robert B. Parker fellow.
Some guy I hardly knew or ever heard of, not sure if care, but rip anyhow.
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