Prolific author and video game influencer Tom Clancy has died today, at the age of 66. You may recognize his name from the Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell games, or you might know his work through movie adaptations like Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, or The Hunt for Red October. Or maybe, you know, you read one of his 30 books.
To mark his untimely passing, dig deeper into the man's biography with 15 Things You Didn't Know About Tom Clancy.
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