Alistair MacLean Dies in Munich
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, West Germany —
Alistair MacLean, the author of “The Guns of Navarone” and one of Britain’s leading postwar writers, died today in Munich. He was 64.
In London, MacLean’s publisher said he suffered a stroke three weeks ago while visiting a friend in the Bavarian capital and died in a hospital of heart failure.
The Scottish-born MacLean was also the author of “Ice Station Zebra” (1963) and many other adventure novels.
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