Jᴀᴄᴜʀᴜᴛᴜ - Tʜᴇ Cᴀsᴛ Oᴜᴛ

While Kevin J. Anderson gets rich HIKING out books like the true hack he is, actual real, talented authors continue to be lost to us forever:

Donald E. Westlake has died, apparently on New Year's Eve.

'Died of an apparent heart attack.' Hurm...KJA himself might've killed him.

Crichton, now this guy...Who else died this year, I can't remember...It might be a huge conspicaery and this is just the tip of the ice berg.