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Publish: 12 Dec 2021, 07:20 pm
Anne Rice, the gothic novelist || Photo: Collected
Anne
Rice, the gothic novelist best known for writing "Interview with the
Vampire," died Saturday aged 80, her family said.
"In
her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments
and her courage," her son Christopher Rice said in a post on her Facebook
page.
He
said she died of complications from a stroke.
"Interview
with the Vampire," published in 1976, was made into a movie starring Tom
Cruise and Brad Pitt in 1994.
She
wrote dozens of books, many of them in the "Vampire" series, selling more
than 150 million worldwide.
Another
of her works, "The Queen of the Damned," was adapted into a film in
2002.
"The
immensity of our family's grief cannot be overstated. As my mother, her support
for me was unconditional -- she taught me to embrace my dreams, reject
conformity and challenge the dark voices of fear and self-doubt," her son
wrote.
"As
a writer, she taught me to defy genre boundaries and surrender to my obsessive
passions."
She
will be interred at a private ceremony in New Orleans, the statement said.
A
public celebration will be held next year in the city, with "friends, readers
and fans" invited, her son added.
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