Author E. Lynn Harris Dies at 54

[The Straight Story]

Author E. Lynn Harris Dies at 54

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A publicist for E. Lynn Harris said the author has died at age 54.

Publicist Laura Gilmore said Harris died Thursday night after being stricken while at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. Gilmore said a cause of death had not yet been determined.

A coroners' official in Los Angeles said only that a man matching Harris' name and date of birth had died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Harris was a pioneer of gay black fiction and a literary entrepreneur who rose from self-publishing to best-selling status.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. I had a couple of classes with him

back in the 70's at the University of Arkansas. Very outgoing fun to be around guy. First Black cheerleader at UA. Too dman young to be dying.