Caleb Carr, military historian and author of 'The Alienist,' dies at 68


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Caleb Carr, bestselling novelist and son of Beat poet Lucien Carr, has died at 68. Photo: Penguin Random House

Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68.

Carr died of cancer on Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown and Company.

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