The revered literary critic,author and essayist – most illustrious for 1980 novel The Name of the Rose – had been suffering from cancerThe novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco has died aged 84. Eco, who was perhaps best known for his 1980 work The Name of the Rose, or was one of the world’s most revered literary names.
The author,who had been suffering from cancer, died on Friday night.
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Source: theguardian.com