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George V. Higgins,

Age: 59

prolific novelist who parlayed his experience as a prosecutor into a series of dialogue-heavy crime novels set in Boston. He's best known for 1972's The Friends of Eddie Coyle.

Died: Milton, Mass., November 6, 1999

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