Tom Clancy died on October 1, 2013, at the age of 66, in a Baltimore hospital. He wrote several best-selling spy and military thrillers such as the Jack Ryan series. Several of his books were adapted into successful films including The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games.
Clancy was born on April,12, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1969. Before making his literary debut in 1984, he spent some time running an independent insurance agency.
He is also known for video games such as Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell. He co-founded game developer Red Storm Entertainment in 1996 which was bought by Ubisoft in 2000. They kept using the Clancy name on several of their most successful games.
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