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Remembering British author Frederick Forsyth, the man who sold 75 million books
Frederick Forsyth passed away on Monday at age 86 after a brief illness. While Forsyth is most famous for writing 'The Day of the Jackal' — a page-turning novel about an assassin for hire — the British author and giant of the thriller genre was much more than that. Let's take a look at his life and times read more
Frederick Forsyth's most famous work is The Day of the Jackal.
Frederick Forsyth passed away on Monday at age 86 after a brief illness.
Forsyth is most famous for writing 'The Day of the Jackal' — a page-turning novel about an assassin for hire.
But the British author and literary giant in the thriller genre was much more than that.
Not only did Forsyth write two dozen other books and in all sold an estimated 75 million copies, he also served as a pilot in the British Royal Air Force.
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Forsyth also worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, witnessed the attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle, and also served as an intelligence officer for MI6 — the UK's foreign intelligence service made famous by Ian Fleming in his James Bond series.
In short, Forsyth lived many lives in his eight-and-a-half decades on the planet.
Let's take a look at his life and times:
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