My Favorite Writer, Tom Clancy passed away at age 66.

From CNN:

(CNN) -- Spy thriller writer Tom Clancy, whose best-selling books "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" became blockbuster films, has died, his publisher said Wednesday. He was 66.

Clancy's publisher, the Penguin Group, said the author died in Baltimore on Tuesday. The written statement did not indicate the cause of death.

Clancy's 1984 novel "The Hunt for Red October" propelled him to fame, fortune and status as a favorite storyteller of the American military. Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin brought the Cold War drama to life in the big screen in 1990.

I loved his books and a few of the movie adaptations. "The Hunt for Red October" was the best of the movie adaptations and the Bigot-in-Chief Alec Baldwin was very good as Jack Ryan.

I'm glad Baldwin choose not to continue as Ryan, since it stalled his career for many years.