Pat Conroy, Author Of 'Prince of Tides,' Dies At 70

Mar 10, 2016, 01:09

Pat Conroy left this world Friday March 4, 2016 at 7:42 pm surrounded by his family and friends in his Beaufort home overlooking the marshes he so loved.

The author broke the news of his health crisis with fans via Facebook last month (Feb16).

Conroy's cause of death was pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis he had revealed in October 2015.

"He told me to write everything I did with all the passion and all the power you could muster", Conroy recalled.

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"His family, my mother's family, him, my mother, everybody went insane and the only thing that rescued me was a terrific movie", Conroy said.

Conroy worked on the screenplay and shared an Oscar nomination, one of seven Oscar nominations it earned, including best picture. He passed away at his home in Beaufort, South Carolina. Conroy based the main character of "The Great Santini", Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum - a tough-talking, abusive Marine fighter pilot - on his own father.

His other titles included Beach Music and South of Broad.

However tragic and gruesome Conroy's tales can be, the author never lost his amusing bone because the way he managed to find humor and joy in his beloved SC. Pat Conroy will be missed", she said.

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Author Pat Conroy attends a benefit reading for actor Frank Muller at Town Hall February 2, 2002 in New York City.

Conroy also mined his time at The Citadel military college for his 1980 novel Lords of Discipline.

Conroy is survived by his wife, Cassandra; his two daughters, Megan and Susannah Ansley Conroy; two sisters, Kathy and Carol Ann; three brothers, Jim, Tim and Mike; and seven grandchildren.

"Make this university, this state, yourself and your family proud", Conroy told University of SC graduates in a 1997 commencement speech.

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In 1976, Conroy published his first bestselling novel, The Great Santini, a fictionalization of his strained relationship with his hard-drinking, military-loving father.