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E. Lynn Harris dies at 54; bestselling author broke barriers writing about gay black characters

E. Lynn Harris, a bestselling author of popular black fiction who shattered barriers by writing about gay characters in novels such as "Invisible Life" and "Just As I Am: A Novel," died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 54.

By Dennis McLellan

July 25, 2009

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