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Title: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: Saniflush on October 02, 2013, 12:34:23 PM
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=830346&ocid=ansent11 (http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=830346&ocid=ansent11)


He was kinda my hero- guy sold insurance his whole life and then said fuckit I'm going for my dream. Cranked out THFRO and the CIA lost their shit. Interrogated him as a spy cause they thought he knew too much about our military, and he had to prove it was all publilc info (this was before the internet.) Quite a guy. Did fuckton of work for kids cancer charities too. 66 was too young.

Farewell Tom.  :sad:
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: GH2001 on October 02, 2013, 01:56:34 PM
Quote from: Saniflush on October 02, 2013, 12:34:23 PM
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=830346&ocid=ansent11 (http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=830346&ocid=ansent11)


He was kinda my hero- guy sold insurance his whole life and then said fuckit I'm going for my dream. Cranked out THFRO and the CIA lost their shit. Interrogated him as a spy cause they thought he knew too much about our military, and he had to prove it was all publilc info (this was before the internet.) Quite a guy. Did fuckton of work for kids cancer charities too. 66 was too young.

Farewell Tom.  :sad:

Agree totally. Dude was awesome.


And an NRA member too. To Tom  :bar:
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: AUJarhead on October 02, 2013, 02:16:51 PM
Rainbow 6 is one of my all time favorite books (as is Without Remorse)
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: Saniflush on October 02, 2013, 02:17:55 PM
Quote from: AUJarhead on October 02, 2013, 02:16:51 PM
Rainbow 6 is one of my all time favorite books (as is Without Remorse) video games

FIXT
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: AU_Tiger_2000 on October 02, 2013, 02:23:55 PM
Surprised to hear this today.  My favorite book of his was definitely Red Storm Rising, favorite Jack Ryan book was Patriot Games.  Best movie adaptation was Hunt For Red October even if Harrison Ford was 10X the Jack Ryan that Alec Baldwin was.  Sum of All Fears never happened, you hear me!  Ben Affleck playing Ryan was a bigger affront than it will be when he plays Batman.
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: GH2001 on October 02, 2013, 02:27:44 PM
Quote from: Saniflush on October 02, 2013, 02:17:55 PM
FIXT

Love just about all of the games based off his shit. Still play the first Ghost recon and 6 for original xbox.
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: Tiger Wench on October 02, 2013, 03:13:02 PM
Quote from: AUJarhead on October 02, 2013, 02:16:51 PM
Rainbow 6 is one of my all time favorite books (as is Without Remorse)

Love both of these, plus Executive Orders.  In the last one, Clancy wrote a President Jack Ryan who was not afraid to take it to the bastards who thought this country was too weak to respond due to the airplane bombing of the Capitol.  LOVE that book.  You do NOT fuck with that man's family. 

And Harrison Ford will always be Jack Ryan to me.  Patriot Games is an excellent book.

Rainbow 6 is just one non-stop bad ass moment after another.  Wish we had more Mr. Clarks and Dings. 
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: CCTAU on October 02, 2013, 10:59:56 PM
Didn't he kill off Jack Ryan so his ex wife would get no future profits off it?
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: Tiger Wench on October 03, 2013, 03:29:31 PM
Quote from: CCTAU on October 02, 2013, 10:59:56 PM
Didn't he kill off Jack Ryan so his ex wife would get no future profits off it?

Never heard this story.
Title: Re: Tom Clancy dead at age 66
Post by: CCTAU on October 03, 2013, 11:41:08 PM
Quote from: Tiger Wench on October 03, 2013, 03:29:31 PM
Never heard this story.

I remember it a long time ago. His wife was asking for half of everything he made on future books/characters that he created while they were together (mainly Jack Ryan). So he said OK, and then said he would kill him off and start a new series. I thought I heard it on Boortz or Limbaugh way back in the day when I listened a little. I could never take a lot of either.