"Wheel of Time" Author Robert Jordon Dead at 58
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"Wheel of Time" Author Robert Jordon Dead at 58


Well, if you were one of the loyal readers of "The Wheel of Time" fantasy novels who wondered how the hell author Robert Jordan was going to wrap up the 11 book (thus far) series... Wonder no more. He's dead.

Entertainment Weekly posted the news that fantasy author a.k.a. James Oliver Rigney Jr., 58, whose 11-book "Wheel of Time" series sold a combined 14 million-plus copies, died of the blood disease amyloidosis, September 16th in Charleston, SC.

No word as yet if he had come close to completing the 12th book. Chances are fans, that "Knife of Dreams" was the last book.

Amyloidosis is a rare and potentially fatal disease that occurs when substances called amyloid proteins build up in your organs. Amyloid is an abnormal protein usually produced by cells in your bone marrow that can be deposited in any tissue or organ.

Amyloidosis can affect different organs in different people, and there are many types of amyloid. Amyloidosis frequently affects the heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, nervous system and gastrointestinal tract.



Jim Littler
9/23/2007
Source: EW