American author John Updike died in a Massachusetts hospice Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. He was 76 years old. Updike was born in Reading and went onto study English at Harvard University.
He won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel "Rabbit is Rich," published in 1981. A decade later, he won another Pulitzer for his novel "Rabbit at Rest." Read more about his life here. Check out the YDR book blog for more.
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