{"id":3973,"date":"2010-01-19T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2010-01-19T23:48:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T03:48:41","slug":"robert-b-parker-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=3973","title":{"rendered":"Robert B. Parker &#8211; R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2010\/z011910robert_parker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was shocked to read the news this morning that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertbparker.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Robert B. Parker<\/strong><\/a> had passed away yesterday.\u00a0 Although <strong>Parker<\/strong> was <strong>77<\/strong>, his death was unexpected.\u00a0 He seemed to be in good health and as prolific as ever, writing as many as three books a year.\u00a0 The cause of death has been determined to have been a heart attack.\u00a0 <strong>Parker<\/strong> died at his desk working on his next novel.<\/p>\n<p>My grandfather was a prolific reader and I can remember the evening that he told me about this new author, <strong>Robert B. Parker<\/strong>, and this wise-cracking detective that <strong>Parker <\/strong>had created.\u00a0 Grandpa thought that I&#8217;d enjoy the novel and passed me <strong>The Godwulf Manuscript<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was hooked.\u00a0 And I wasn&#8217;t the only one.\u00a0 <strong>Parker&#8217;s detective<\/strong>, <strong>Spenser<\/strong>, would return in <strong>36 other novels<\/strong> as well as a <strong>television series<\/strong> and <strong>made for tv movies<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Parker<\/strong> is said to have influenced a new generation of writers.\u00a0 Perhaps best-selling novelist <strong>Harlon Coben<\/strong> said it best: &#8220;When it comes to detective novels, 90 percent of us admit he&#8217;s an influence, and the rest of us lie about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parker <\/strong>eventually branched out to write other series characters [<strong>Jessie Stone <\/strong>&#8211; a small town sheriff; <strong>Sunny Randall<\/strong> &#8211; a female detective; a <strong>Western trilogy<\/strong> featuring a couple of<strong> gunfighters<\/strong> that many called wild west versions of <strong>Spenser <\/strong>and <strong>Hawk<\/strong>] as well as some stand alone novels.\u00a0 But it was always the new <strong>Spenser<\/strong> novel that I wanted to read as soon as it became available.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?s=robert+parker\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I&#8217;ve written many times on my blog<\/strong><\/a> that each new <strong>Spenser <\/strong>novel is like meeting up with an old friend.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to miss meeting up with <strong>Spenser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I already miss <strong>Robert B. Parker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was shocked to read the news this morning that Robert B. 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