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Anne Perry, teen murderer turned crime writer, dies at 84

LOS ANGELES — Anne Perry, a prolific British crime writer with a murderous past that was brought to light in Peter Jackson's 1994 film "Heavenly Creatures," has died. She was 84. Perry died in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday, her literary agent, Meg Davis, told the New York Times on Wednesday. "Ms. Perry's health had declined since she had a heart attack in December," Davis said. Perry's 1979 ...
British writer Anne Perry in Zaragoza, Spain, on Jan. 28 2015.

LOS ANGELES — Anne Perry, a prolific British crime writer with a murderous past that was brought to light in Peter Jackson's 1994 film "Heavenly Creatures," has died. She was 84.

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