Tom Wolfe, journalist and author, dies aged 87

Best known for books including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe died on Monday in a Manhattan hospital

Tom Wolfe, the essayist, journalist and author of bestselling books including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Bonfire of the Vanities, has died at the age of 87.

Wolfe died in a Manhattan hospital on Monday, his agent Lynn Nesbit confirmed. He had been hospitalised with an infection.

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