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Malcolm MacPherson | Reporter and author, 65

Malcolm MacPherson, 65, a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek whose books included Roberts Ridge and Time Bandit , died of a heart attack Jan. 17 in Warrenton, Va., during a party in celebration of the impending inauguration of President Obama, according to Melville House Publishing, which released his novel Hocus POTUS in 2007.

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Malcolm MacPherson, 65, a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek whose books included

Roberts Ridge

and

Time Bandit

, died of a heart attack Jan. 17 in Warrenton, Va., during a party in celebration of the impending inauguration of President Obama, according to Melville House Publishing, which released his novel

Hocus POTUS

in 2007.

A native of Bridgeport, Conn., Mr. MacPherson served in the Marines during the Vietnam War and later reported on conflicts in Africa and Northern Ireland and the current war in Iraq. Roberts Ridge, a nonfiction book, was set in Afghanistan, while Hocus POTUS was inspired by his time in Iraq. - AP

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