Clive Cussler, million-selling adventure writer, dies at 88

NEW YORK -- Charles Wuorinen, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas "Brokeback Mountain" and "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," died from injuries sustained in a fall last September. He was 81.

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By Bruce Haring

Charles Wuorinen, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas Brokeback Mountain and Haroun and the Sea of Stories, died from injuries sustained in a fall last September.

Keith Olsen, a record producer whose resume spans rock's greatest, died on Monday (March 9) at his home in Genoa, Nevada. He was 74 years old.According to The New York Times, Olsen's daughter Kelly Castady said he died of a cardiac arrest.The rock producer has worked with a number of music icons, including the Grateful Dead, Santana, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake Rick Springfield, Ozzy Osbourne and Scorpions, among others.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Wuorinen, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas "Brokeback Mountain" and "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," died from injuries sustained in a fall last September. He was 81.

NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Wuorinen, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas "Brokeback Mountain" and "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," died from injuries sustained in a fall last September. He was 81.

Jay Tilin, a postproduction veteran and head of production at New York-based Goldcrest Post since 2017, died Feb. 12 on Long Island of complications from ALS, a company spokeswoman said.

By Bruce Haring

TUCSON, Arizona -- When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States.

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States.

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Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill-seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died, his publisher said Wednesday. He was 88.