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The influential Rhode Island-born writer - whose novels included The Road and No Country for Old Men died on Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cormac's son John and his US publisher Penguin Random House both confirmed the author's death, reports the BBC. "Cormac McCarthy changed the course of literature for 60 years, he demonstrated an unwavering dedication to his craft, and to exploring the infinite possibilities and power of the written word.” Fellow author Stephen King paid tribute to Cormac and described himself as "maybe the greatest American novelist of my time"