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08/07/2005
Novelist Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain dies
Novelist Evan Hunter, better known to many readers as Ed McBain, has died of cancer at the age of 78.
Hunter wrote more than 100 novels, short stories, plays and film scripts during a period of 50 years and under different names, selling more than 100 million books worldwide.
Hunter was best known for his novel The Blackboard Jungle about an English teacher and his uncontrollable students. He wrote the novel in 1954 and it was adapted into a movie starring Sidney Poitier. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds.
The author was also well known for his 87th Precinct series about a police force in a city based on New York. As Ed McBain, he was honored by the Mystery Writers of America with a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986.
"He had been ill for some time, he died peacefully," agent Jane Gelfman said, adding that Hunter had suffered from cancer of the larynx. He died on Wednesday at home in Connecticut.
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