Frederick Forsyth, Author of ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ Dies at 86
Frederick Forsyth, the internationally acclaimed British author whose talent for page-turning thrillers provided the fodder for such films as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol, died Monday. He was 86. Forsyth died at his home in Buckinghamshire, England, his literary agency Curtis Brown announced. The…