Alan Duke, (CNN) — Spy thriller writer Tom Clancy, whose best-selling books became blockbuster films, has died, his publisher said Wednesday. He was 66. Clancy’s publisher, the Penguin Group, said the ...

NEW YORK — 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.

Tom Clancy has died at the age of 66. The author's publisher Putnam confirmed that he passed away last night (Tuesday, October 1) in a hospital in Baltimore. Actors who have played Ryan include Alec ...

Some legends deserve to be remembered forever. That's certainly the case for 'Jack Ryan' author Tom Clancy, who would have ...

Born on this day in 1947, Tom Clancy came to define the modern techno-thriller. I read "The Hunt for Red October" soon after its publication in 1984 — and have many fond memories of escaping into the ...

The late bestselling author Tom Clancy had a fascination, some would say an obsession, with aircraft carriers, especially the really big ones operated by the USN. This was made plain in his 1999 book ...

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Best-selling author Tom Clancy, whose wildly successful technological thrillers made him one of the biggest publishing phenomena of his time, has died. He was 66. Clancy arrived on ...