TV CONFIDENTIAL: "Spenser" novelist Robert B. Parker dies at age 77

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"Spenser" novelist Robert B. Parker dies at age 77

I spent a wonderful afternoon with him at his home in Boston one day in the summer of 1998. He was such a gracious man, not to mention one hell of a writer. His skill with dialogue was, and is, masterful:

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