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BET – Eric Jerome Dickey, New York Times Best Selling Author, Dead At 59

The new year has just started and with it comes to the sad news about a cultural icon in the literary world. New York Times best-selling author, Eric Jerome Dickey, reportedly died on Sunday, January 3, in Los Angeles. The news was confirmed in a statement received by BET.com from Dickey’s long-time publisher, Dutton & Plume (a subsidiary of Penguin…

USA Today – Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling author of ‘Friends and Lovers,’ dies at 59

Eric Jerome Dickey, the writer from Memphis whose erotic thrillers, fraught love stories and sagas of domestic crisis and international intrigue made him a popular chronicler of a particularly action-packed rendition of contemporary Black life, has died. Read More

New York Post – Best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey dead at 59

Famed author Eric Jerome Dickey, beloved for modern black storytelling in best sellers such as “Sister, Sister,” “Friends and Lovers” and “Between Lovers,” died Sunday at 59. Read More

Los Angeles Times – Bestselling novelist Eric Jerome Dickey dies at 59

Eric Jerome Dickey, the bestselling author of “Milk in My Coffee,” “Friends and Lovers” and several other influential works, has died at age 59. Read More