Cormac McCarthy has died at 89
Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-13/cormac-mccarthy-american-novelist-of-the-stark-and-dark-dies-at-89
The author of The Road, Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men embodied a strong Southwestern sensibility, writing often about men grappling with the existence of evil.
Man... :( (Also for transparency, I chose npr illinois bc it has the least intrusive ads and layoutof all sources I found.)