Washington, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - US novelist Edmund White, chronicler of gay life, dead at 85: agent

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Edmund White, the influential American novelist who chronicled gay life through his semi-autobiographical work including dozens of books, several short stories and countless articles and essays, has died, his agent said Wednesday. He was 85. White, whose pioneering fiction included "Forgetting Elena" and "A Boy's Own Story," "passed last night at home in NYC (New York City) of natural causes," agent Bill Clegg told AFP. eml-mlm/sms ...

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