Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker | |
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 Parker in 2006 | |
| Born | Robert Brown Parker September 17, 1932 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2010 (aged 77)[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1974–2010 |
| Genre | Detective fiction, Western fiction |
| Spouse | Joan Hall Parker (m. 1956) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| robertbparker | |
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser.[2]
Parker died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies in Cambridge". Boston Herald. Associated Press. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ Geherin, David (c. 1980). Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s: Robert B. Parker, Roger L. Simon, Andrew Bergman. Ungar. ISBN 0-8044-2231-1.
- ↑ Bryan Marquard (January 19, 2010). "Mystery novelist Robert Parker dies at 77". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Patricia Sullivan (January 20, 2010). "Crime novelist, Spenser creator Robert B. Parker dies at 77". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2010.