An author who, once started with his 1942 Tales of the South Pacific, couldn't stop writing. Among better known titles: The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Sayonara, Hawaii, The Source, Centennial, Texas. He died at home in Austin, Texas, of kidney failure a week after instructing doctors to halt dialysis treatments.
Passage: James A. Michener, 90
An author who, once started with his 1942 Tales of the South Pacific, couldn't stop writing. Among better known titles: The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Sayonara, Hawaii, The Source, Centennial, Texas. He died at home in Austin, Texas, of kidney failure a week after instructing doctors to halt dialysis treatments.
