Science fiction author Andre Norton dies
Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton, who wrote the popular “Witch World” series, has died. She was 93.
Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a Nashville suburb.
Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service, but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and last novels.
Requiscant in pace. She will be missed.
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