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Final Chapter for Mystery Writer Westlake

Donald E. Westlake dies of heart attack

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 2, 2009 3:57 AM CST

(Newser) – Prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, who wrote hundreds of novels, stories and screenplays under his own name and a posse of pseudonyms, died from a heart attack on New Year's Eve while vacationing in Mexico. He was 75. One of his characters, downsized executive...   Read full story »

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