Sol Yurick, the famous author of the 1965 novel “The Warriors,” died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 87.
The book “The Warriors” was turned into a movie 14 years later, in 1979, under the direction of Walter Hill.
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According to a statement from a family member, the cause of death was complications of lung cancer.
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