Author Anne Rice, best known for writing Interview with the Vampire which was turned into a Hollywood film, has died at the age of 80.
Key points:
- Ms Rice sold more than 150 million books over 45 years
- She wrote horror, religious and erotic novels, including The Vampire Chronicles
- Her son, Christopher, is also a successful author
Ms Rice's books sold more than 150 million copies, making her one of the most popular and best-selling authors in literary history.
She was acclaimed for her series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles.
Ms Rice died due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page and his Twitter page.
"In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage," Mr Rice wrote in the statement.
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Ms Rice wrote Interview with the Vampire in 1976, which was her debut novel.
It was adapted into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in 1994.
It is also in the planning stages to be portrayed in a TV series in 2022.
Ms Rice was expected to be interred during a private ceremony at a family mausoleum in New Orleans on an undisclosed date, according to the statement.
A public celebration of life was to take place next year.
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Ms Rice wrote more than 30 books.
Apart from Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned was also adapted for a film from The Vampire Chronicles.
Ms Rice also wrote erotic fiction under the pen names of A N Roquelaure and Anne Rampling, including Exit to Eden, which was adapted into a 1994 film.
Having written about her childhood faith of Catholicism, she later renounced Christianity on her Facebook page, writing that she refused to be "anti-gay" and "anti-feminist".
She was widowed in 2002 when her husband of 41 years — poet and painter Stan Rice — died from brain cancer at the age of 60.
With Christopher, now 43, enjoying success as an author, Ms Rice's other child, Michele, died of leukaemia at the age of 5.
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