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...crime wave of some 48 years came to an end Dec. 31 with the passing of Donald E. Westlake, 75, who (under his own name and as Richard Stark) wrote some of the best-loved and most influential crime novels of the 20th century...
Westlake inspired younger writers ranging from Stephen King (who named the homicidal alter ego in The Dark Half George Stark in Richard Stark's honor) to yours truly, appearing as a character in my recent novel Fifty...
...Richard J. Sharpe was found hanging from a bedsheet in his cell in MCI-Norfolk prison, according to Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction. He had been sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for shooting his wife—and high school sweetheart—Karen Sharpe in 2000 in the foyer of her home while their two young children slept in an adjoining room, according to media reports...
Sharpe’s trial in 2001 became a media sensation in large part because of the revelation that he was a cross-dresser. The trial was televised by CourtTV and turned into a book (“Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe?...
...Health Reform), though most surgeons general have been largely invisible since the days of Ronald Reagan's C. Everett Koop, who spoke out often against the dangers of smoking. Bill Clinton's Joycelyn Elders got into hot water for advocating the teaching of masturbation, while George W. Bush's Richard H. Carmona admitted to getting a gag order from the White House on anything that didn't match the Administration's politics. Gupta, who enters politics with an already robust fan base, will most likely not suffer the same fate. (See Sanjay Gupta's article "Why I Would Vote...