Defense

Tom Clancy dies

"The Hunt for Red October", "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger." Part of the genius of bestselling novelist Tom Clancy His intense attention to techn...

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October 3, 2013 10:50 am

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“The Hunt for Red October”, “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” Part of the genius of bestselling novelist Tom Clancy His intense attention to technical detail and accuracy earned him great respect inside the intelligence community and the military communities –especially when it came to submarines. He passed away at the age of 66 in a hospital near his Calvert County, Maryland home.