Tom Wolfe dies at 87

Tom Wolfe, the innovative journalist and author who wrote such best-selling masterpieces as "Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" has passed away.

Posted 5/15/2018, 4:27:21 PM

media-S093802389-300 — Tom Wolfe, the innovative journalist and author who wrote such best-selling masterpieces as "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" has passed away.

By Chris Isidore

Tom Wolfe, the innovative journalist and author who wrote such best-selling masterpieces as "Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" has passed away.

Wolfe, 87, had been hospitalized with an infection according to his agent Lynn Nesbit, who confirmed his passing.

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