publisher haven't released information on where he passed away or where he died, only that it was in baltimore. we expect to have more details shortly. his resume, so impressive. he wrote 28 books both fiction and nonfiction. 17 of them were best-sellers. and you were talking about some of the titles there. you think about it, gosh, a who's who of political spy thrillers. i was thinking just a personal aside. we were talking today about what was our favorite. i have to think because of the writi writing, i thought "patriot games" was so well written. as a movie, i thought "clear and present danger" was my favorite. his publisher called him the consummate author, and that book summed it all up. >> he told cnn at one point, he would get all this intel and all this military minutia, he would never guv up his sources, but he would write up it and get us to the movie theaters each and