Entertainment | Tom Clancy Author Tom Clancy Dead at 66 Reportedly died last night in Baltimore hospital By Evann Gastaldo Posted Oct 2, 2013 9:34 AM CDT Copied Author Tom Clancy, the hawkish master of military thrillers, gestures during an interview in this Monday, May 24, 2004, file photo in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) Outlets including Publishers Weekly and the New York Times are reporting on Twitter that bestselling author Tom Clancy has died, Business Insider reports. The president of Putnam, Clancy's publisher, reportedly told the NYT that Clancy, whose bestselling books include Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October, "was a thrill to work with." In an interesting piece in 2011, the Daily Beast noted that Clancy's Dead or Alive, published months before Osama bin Laden was caught, involved Clancy's version of bin Laden being caught under eerily similar circumstances. Read These Next A child was reportedly among those shot dead in a Target parking lot. Analysis sees a historic shift underway in US capitalism. Wondering how Cheryl Hines feels about all this? Wonder no more. It's the second-worst wildfire season ever for Canada. Report an error