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The writer Peter Straub has died. He was 79.
The horror master sealed his reputation with genre fans when he released his 1979 masterpiece, Ghost Story. It was turned into a film a couple of years on. He would go on to a collaboration with his friend Stephen King in 1984 (The Talisman) and in 2001they would team again to make The Talisman’s sequel, Black…
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