Guin Saga Author Kaoru Kurimoto Passes Away at 56 - Anime News Network
Kaoru Kurimoto, the mystery, fantasy, and historical novelist best known for her Guin Saga epic series, has passed away on Tuesday at 7:18 p.m. She was 56. She was in a Tokyo hospital due to pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed in 2007. She leaves behind her husband Kiyoshi Imaoka.
And a (126-volume) body of work.
I will have more to say when I'm not quite so shellshocked.
[EDIT: And I've gone and said it.]
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