"<div class=""meta ""><span class=""caption-text "">Author Elmore Leonard, whose novels have been adapted into films such as 'Get Shorty' and 'Out of Sight,' died at age 87 on Aug. 20, 2013, weeks after he suffered a stroke.  (Pictured: Elmore Leonard appears in a photo posted on his official Facebook page on Aug. 20, 2013.) (facebook.com/elmoreleonard)</span></div>"
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