Best-selling author Robert B. Parker passed away on Monday, January 18th in his Cambridge, Massachusetts home. A spokesperson for the Cambridge police department reported that the death was due to natural causes, but no other details have been released. Parker wrote more than 60 books, covering such genres as westerns, young adult and mystery. His most popular characters include Spenser, a detective whose first name is never revealed, and Jesse Stone, a small-town police chief. Spenser was the basis for a 1980s television series and Stone has been played by Tom Selleck in several made-for-TV movies.
The Associated Press reports "...he was acclaimed as a master in his own right. 'Hard-boiled detective fiction was essentially dead in the early '70s. It was considered almost a museum thing,' said Ace Atkins, author of 'Devil's Garden,' 'Wicked City' and several other novels. 'When Parker brought out Spenser, it reinvigorated the genre...I wouldn't have a job now without Robert Parker.'"
All information found in articles in The Associated Press and ArtsBeat blog of The New York Times.
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