Maryland native and author Tom Clancy died in a Baltimore hospital last night. Rest in Peace.
WASHINGTON - Tom Clancy, author of a number of popular military thrillers, has died at 66, The New York Times reports.
Clancy wrote a number of best-sellers, including the following:
"The Hunt for Red October"
"Patriot Games"
"The Sum of All Fears"
"Clear and Present Danger"
"The Cardinal of the Kremlin."
Clancy's novels about CIA analyst Jack Ryan inspired movies and video games.
The Baltimore-born writer died Tuesday after a brief illness at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Clancy, who went to high school in Towson, graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore, now Loyola University, in 1969.