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Wilbur Smith Dies: South African Thriller Novelist Of ‘When The Lion Feeds’ Was 88

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Wilbur Smith, whose multiple novels on South Africa won him international acclaim, died today at his Cape Town home. He was 88 and no cause of death was given on the author’s official website.“Global bestselling author Wilbur Smith died unexpectedly this afternoon at his Cape Town home after a morning of reading and writing with his wife Niso by his side,” the statement said.Born in Zambia in 1933, Smith suffered a bout with polio at age 16, but drew his character Garrick Courtney from that experience.

He went on to write about the character in a series of 17 novels.Smith wrote 49 adventure novels during his 50-year career, each climbing the best-seller lists.

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