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‘Manchurian’ Author Dies At 81

Compiled From Wire Services

Richard Condon, best-selling author of some two dozen novels, including “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Prizzi’s Honor” which were made into popular films, died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital. He was 81.

Condon, who spent 27 years in Mexico and Europe, had lived in Dallas for the past 16 years to be near his family. He had suffered from heart and kidney problems.

Condon’s first novel was “The Oldest Confession” in 1958 about thievery in Spain. It was made into a film in 1962 starring Rex Harrison and Rita Hayworth called “The Happy Thieves.”

Other novels included “A Talent for Loving,” “Any God Will Do,” “Money Is Love,” “Death of a Politician,” “Prizzi’s Family,” “Prizzi’s Glory” and “Prizzi’s Money.”