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Prize-winning 'Rabbit' writer John Updike dies NEW YORK - John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76. Updike, best known for his four "Rabbit" novels, died of lung cancer at a hospice near his home in Beverly Farms, Mass., according to his longtime publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.   People:John Updike Barack Obama Susan Sarandon Michelle Pfeiffer Jack Nicholson   2009-01-27 FX's `Riches' a suburban impostorfest He's a lawyer who never attended law school. His name is Doug Rich, but it's actually Wayne Malloy. His wife Dahlia -- or is that Cherien? -- is a drug addict (really) and a dental hygienist/personal assistant (not really). His youngest son is a girl, his next-door neighbor is a married gay alpaca breeder and his priest doesn't believe in God.   Nations:U.S.   People:Eddie Izzard John Updike   2007-05-30 Updike probes the mind of a suicide bomber John Updike came to Washington to promote a book.   Nations:U.S.   People:John Updike   2006-06-03 Headlines Prize-winning 'Rabbit' writer John Updike dies 2009-01-27 FX's `Riches' a suburban impostorfest 2007-05-30 Updike probes the mind of a suicide bomber 2006-06-03 Most-viewed Prize-winning 'Rabbit' writer John Updike dies 2009-01-27 FX's `Riches' a suburban impostorfest 2007-05-30

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