>He was as good as the game.
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>Thanks, Mr. Leonard.
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/books/elmore-leonard-master-of-crime-fiction-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=all

Major, major bummer. He had great plots, many of which were turned into movies. Above all, nobody wrote dialogue like Elmore Leonard.

Be sure to click the hyperlink in the obit to his 10 rules of writing.