On December 12, according to foreign media reports, Anne Rice, a famous contemporary novelist in the United States, died on the evening of December 11, AMERICAN TIME, at the age of 80 due to complications caused by stroke.
Anne Rice's son, Christopher, posted on social media confirming his mother's death, adding: "Earlier tonight, my mother, Anne Rice, died of complications from a stroke. It's been almost nineteen years since my father, her husband, died. In the last hours of her life, I sat by her hospital bedside, in awe of her accomplishments and courage. ”
Christopher, The son of Anne Rice, said she would be buried in the family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans and would undergo a private ceremony.
Anne Rice is known as the "Mother of Vampires", and her two novels, Interview with the Vampire at Night and The Cursed Queen, have been adapted into films, and Anne Rice's work has a wide range of influences and attention.
Anne Rice is known worldwide as a horror writer, selling more than 150 million copies of her books worldwide. Anne Rice, grief-stricken by the death of her daughter Michelle in the early 1970s, began adapting her story into her first novel, Night Interview with the Vampire.
1994 Interview with the Vampire was adapted into a film by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater, which received two Oscar nominations and won a British Academy Film Award.
The 2002 adaptation of The Cursed Queen into the film The Queen of the Vampires, directed by Michael Reimer and starring Arya, Stewart Townsend, James Woods, Margaret Morrow, etc., was nominated for the 29th Saturn Awards and the 11th MTV Film Awards.
Anne Rice's major works include twelve, collectively known as the Vampire Chronicles, including Interview with the Vampire, Lester the Vampire, The Cursed Queen, The Flesh Thief, The Demon Minoke, Pandora, The Vampire Armand, Vampire Victorio, Merrick, Blood and Gold, Blackwood Manor, and Blood Ode.
In addition to the vampire series, Anne Rice's work includes Whiplash, Magic Hour, Halloween, The Mummy, and Crying to the Sky.
Anne Rice married poet Stan Rice in 1961, who died in 2002, and married with two children: Michelle and Christopher, who died of leukemia when he was 5 years old, and Christopher is currently a writer.
May all the way well, heaven has no sickness!