Best known for his military conspiracy thriller novels, Tom Clancy died in a Baltimore hospital yesterday, aged 66.
Tom Clancy has published seventeen novels which have sold more than 100 million copies. Not only a prolific writer, Tom Clancy is also famously known for his adaptations in countless video games, like Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six.
New York Times reports, yesterday Tom Clancy passed away in a hospital in his native city Baltimore. He lived to be 66 years old. Causes for the death have not been released. Clancy’s eighteenth book Command Authority is slated to be published on December 3rd.
Clancy was a key figure in founding videogame development studio Red Storm Entertainment in 1996, which went on to develop many successful franchises based on his work. Red Storm Entertainment was later taken over by Ubisoft. The latest iteration carrying the Tom Clancy brand name is the excellent Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
The biggest ever Tom Clancy realised game, Tom Clancy’s The Division is in the works and will be released in 2014 for the next-gen consoles.
Ubisoft released a statement on Facebook last night:
We are saddened to learn of Tom Clancy’s passing and our condolences go out to his family. Tom Clancy was an extraordinary author with a gift for creating detailed, engrossing fictional stories that captivated audiences around the world.
The teams at Ubisoft, especially the Red Storm studio, are incredibly grateful to have collaborated with and learned from him, and we are humbled by the opportunity to carry on part of his legacy through our properties that bear his name.
Tom Clancy has been setting the bar for military and espionage material, and it is will known about his insider knowledge on military intelligence and operations.
Source: New York Times
