Writer JACK D. HUNTER has lost his battle with cancer, aged 87.
Hunter, whose World War I novel The Blue Max was made into a 1966 movie, died in St. Augustine, Florida on 13 April (09). No further information regarding his illness was available as WENN went to press.
Swiss actress and Bond Girl Ursula Andress and American actor George Peppard starred in the film, based on Hunter's 1964 book about German airman who earns a high military honour called the Blue Max after shooting down enemy planes.
Hunter wrote 17 novels in his time, publishing his last in the Autumn (08). His wife operated a gift shop named the Blue Max in the Florida city until her death in 2006.
Hunter is survived by four children, three grandchildren and a brother.