E Lynn Harris...

dead?  has anyone else heard this and been able to confirm?

Haven't heard any such thing ... WOW!!!

Arkansa media are reporting he died while on tour.

OMG! why haven't I heard anything about this.  I just checked wikipedia and it says that he died  on the 24th......oh ish that's today!

It's buzzing around the Internet, but there's nothing about it on his personal website.

that's what I was waiting on, but it has been confirmed on local radio here.

I'm a long time fan.  How sad.  I just finished Too Good to Be True.  I need to pick up Basketball Jones.  R.I.P E. Lynn Harris.

Google ***** here... (I always reserach before I believe anything)  

The story is TRUE

Author E. Lynn Harris has died while on a west coast book tour, Arkansas Sports reports:

"Harris, a best-seller whose work dealt with black, gay culture and delved into athletics, was a passionate Razorbacks fan. For the past eight semesters, Harris served as a 'visiting' professor for the English department...Most recently, Harris' wrote his 11th novel, 'Basketball Jones', which involved an NBA player and the player's gay lover. Before 'Basketball Jones,' Harris penned 'Just Too Good To Be True,' a novel detailing the life of Heisman Trophy candidate Brady Manning. Harris' novel focused on the pressures surrounding Manning and the support system the star athlete leaned on to help him through dark and troubling times."

A Random House executive confirmed the death to BV Newswire. There are no further details about the cause of death, though the Arkansas Times reported hearing the author suffered a "serious health setback" earlier today

 

Wow! 

Although I stopped reading his material after his second book, I still gave him credit for enlightening the sistas (and us brothas) that the downlow epidemic was in full swing (no pun intended).



By the way...    @ (I always reserach before I believe anything)  


If only we could get everyone to follow this tactic then we wouldn't have a lot of erroneous death reports and Elvis sightings floating around.

Though I feel he is an awful writer ~it just doesn't flow~ I really hate this!!! I have almost all his books ~ I collect ~ but have never finished even one!

My condolences to his family, partner, and fans.