The writer Noah Gordon, acclaimed author of the novel ‘The doctor’, has died this Monday at the age of 95 in “the privacy of your home”, as reported by his family members in a statement posted on his website.
Gordon has passed away just eleven days after his 95th birthday and, according to his family, he had celebrated the anniversary “with great joy and grateful for the long and fruitful life he has lived.” “He leaves a great void and his memory will remain forever in his beloved family,” emphasize the author’s loved ones.
“Noah’s life and work have touched the lives of millions of readers around the world. His work lives on“, concludes the statement.
The writer of ‘The Rabbi’ or ‘The Death Committee’ was born on November 11, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA). Although his parents wanted him to study Medicine after his military service, the author secretly changed to a career in Journalism, his true vocation and that led him to work at the Boston Herald, where he specialized in science and medicine.
However, it was the Cole trilogy and his first book, ‘The Doctor’ (1986), that gave him international relevance. Although it had a disastrous launch in the US, where it barely sold 10,000 copies, it became a publishing success in countries such as Germany and Spain, where it sold by the millions and has been adapted to numerous formats. The last one, the musical.
“When I was a young man who dreamed of being a writer, somehow old age never entered the equations of my dreams. Now I have the special pleasure of seeing my work adapted in various places on stage and screen,” said the writer in his Web page.
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