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| Elmore Leonard, crime novelist, dies aged 87 | Elmore Leonard, crime novelist, dies aged 87 |
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| US crime writer Elmore Leonard, author of such books as Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Out of Sight, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. | |
| A statement on his official website said he had died on Tuesday morning "surrounded by his loving family". | |
| The author of 45 novels, Leonard had been in the process of writing his 46th. | The author of 45 novels, Leonard had been in the process of writing his 46th. |
| Born in New Orleans in 1925, he started out writing western stories before turning to crime fiction in the 1960s. | |
| Renowned for his terse, no-nonsense style and sparse use of dialogue, his works inspired numerous screen adaptations. | |
| Hombre, 3.10 to Yuma, Get Shorty and Rum Punch were among those filmed, the latter by Quentin Tarantino under the title Jackie Brown. | |
| One of his more heroic characters, US Marshal Raylan Givens, inspired the TV series Justified, while his 1978 novel The Switch was filmed this year as Life of Crime. | |
| His 10 Rules of Writing, published in 2001, contained such salutary admonishments as "never open a book with weather" and "avoid detailed descriptions of characters". | |
| Last year, he received a lifetime achievement prize at America's National Book Awards. | |
| Leonard suffered a stroke earlier this month in Detroit and had been in hospital. | |
| According to the Detroit News, the author died at his home in the city's Bloomfield Village suburb. | |
| He is survived by five children, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. |