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Sol Yurick | Novelist, 87

Sol Yurick, 87, whose street-gang novel The Warriors was adapted into a film of the same title that became a cult favorite, has died. His daughter, Susanna Yurick, said the author died of complications from lung cancer Jan. 5 at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan.

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Sol Yurick, 87, whose street-gang novel

The Warriors

was adapted into a film of the same title that became a cult favorite, has died. His daughter, Susanna Yurick, said the author died of complications from lung cancer Jan. 5 at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan.

A native and longtime resident of New York City, he drew upon his years working in the Welfare Department for The Warriors, his first book, which came out in 1965. The movie, released in 1979, was directed by Walter Hill and substantially changed from Mr. Yurick's book.

Mr. Yurick's other works included the novels Fertig, An Island Death, and The Bag, a story of race and class in New York that was his favorite. - AP

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