Anne Rice, known as the author of the best-selling series ‘Interview With A Vampire’, has passed away at 55.
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Her son, Christopher Rice, confirmed the news on Twitter stating his mother died due to complications from a stroke. It reads, “Earlier tonight, my mother, Anne Rice, passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke. She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her husband Stan, died. In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage,”
Rice was the author of the classic 1976 novel ‘Interview With A Vampire’, which was adapted to a film starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Kirsten Dunst in 1994. According to the New York Post, the novel was going to be a TV series for AMC and AMC+ in 2022.
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Earlier tonight, my mother, Anne Rice, passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke. She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her husband Stan, died. Below is a statement I posted to her Facebook page moments ago. pic.twitter.com/g2VAK2XZjc
— Christopher Rice (@chrisricewriter) December 12, 2021
The author’s funeral ceremony will take place in New Orleans on a further date. A public ceremony will happen next year.