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   Oxnard, California, United States. Occupation. Novelist, writer. Genre. Crime. Notable works. The Detective. Nothing Lasts Forever. Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/ crime novels.

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   Roderick Thorp. Writer: Die Hard. Novelist, short-story writer, teacher -- and private detective. He wrote two novels that would be turned into theatrical films, "The Detective" (1966), which became The Detective (1968); and "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1979), which became Die Hard (1988).

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Oxnard, California, USA

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   Did Roderick Thorp dream about a skyscraper?

   • In 1975, author Roderick Thorp saw the film The Towering Inferno, about a skyscraper which catches on fire. After seeing the film, Thorp fell asleep and had a dream of seeing a man being chased through a skyscraper by men with guns. He woke up and later took that idea and turned it into The Detective sequel, Nothing Lasts Forever .

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   How did Roderick Thorp die?

   • Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California. ^ a b Nick Ravo Roderick Thorp, 62, a Detective Turned Popular Crime Novelist.

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   Who is Roderick Thorp?

   • Ho ho ho!" Roderick Thorp is the bestselling author of The Detective, which was made into a film starring Frank Sinatra. Mr. Thorp worked as a private detective for nine years and did extensive crime reporting including a twenty-one-part series on cocaine traffic in southern California, which was published in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.

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   Why did Roderick Thorp make a sequel to 'the detective'?

   • Roderick Thorp decided for the book to be a sequel to The Detective so it could be made into a follow-up film starring Frank Sinatra as Joe Leland. Thus, the storyline hypothetically takes place some four decades after its predecessor (as Leland was age thirty-six in that novel). Sinatra declined the offer.

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4. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1999-may-02-meRoderick Thorp; Writer of ‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Detective’

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   May 2, 1999 · May 2, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Roderick Thorp, a best-selling author of detective novels probably best known for the books “Die Hard” and “The Detective,” has died. Thorp died...

5. www.nytimes.com › 1999/05/04 › artsRoderick Thorp, 62, a Detective Turned Popular Crime Novelist

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   May 4, 1999 · Roderick Thorp, a former private investigator whose best-selling crime novels became successful films, was found dead on Wednesday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 62. He appeared to have...

6. www.wikiwand.com › en › Roderick_ThorpRoderick Thorp - Wikiwand

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   Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/ crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968.