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Robert B. Parker
American crime writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 ā January 18, 2010) was an American writer. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser.[2]
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Born | Robert Brown Parker (1932-09-17)September 17, 1932 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | January 18, 2010(2010-01-18) (aged 77)[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Period | 1974ā2010 |
Genre | Detective fiction, Western fiction |
Spouse | Joan Hall Parker (m. 1956) |
Children | 2 |
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Parker died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 18, 2010 a the age of 77.[3][4]