Dated 1/27/09:
"It is with great sadness that I report that John Updike died this morning at the age of 76, after a battle with lung cancer." said Nicholas Latimer of Alfred A. Knopf, a unit of Random House. "He was one of our greatest writers, and he will be sorely missed." Latimer said Updike died in a hospice in Massachusetts.
Updike's most recent publication is The Widows of Eastwick, a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick. The Baltimore Sun has a lovely obituary here.
1 comment:
I haven't fallen in love with all of Updike's work, but i do love his candid writing style; his passing is a sad loss indeed
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