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"Elmore Leonard has died today (August 20) at the age of 87. The author passed away after experiencing complications following a stroke.  &amp;quot;The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read,&amp;quot; read a statement on his official Facebook page. &amp;quot;Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family.&amp;quot; Leonard&amp;#039;s researcher Gregg Sutter confirmed earlier this month that the writer had been hospitalised in Detroit. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s showing great spirit. He&amp;#039;s a fighter, and we&amp;#039;re glad to see that,&amp;quot; he told The Detroit News at the time. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s very much into his 46th novel, working very hard.&amp;quot; Best known for his crime fiction, several of Leonard&amp;#039;s books were adapted into films, including Out Of Sight, Get Shorty, Hombre and Rum Punch, which was filmed as Jackie Brown by fan Quentin Tarantino in 1997. FX&amp;#039;s Justified also is based on Leonard&amp;#039;s short story Fire in the Hole. Its protagonist Raylan Givens also features in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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