BBC news wrote:Author Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said.
Banks, who was born in Dunfermline, Fife, revealed in April he had gall bladder cancer and was unlikely to live for more than a year.
He was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity.
In a statement, his publisher said he was "an irreplaceable part of the literary world".
A message posted on Banksophilia, a website set up to provide fans with updates on the author, quoted his wife Adele saying: "Iain died in the early hours this morning. His death was calm and without pain."
RIP Iain M. Banks
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#1 RIP Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks dies of cancer, age 59
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#2 Re: RIP Iain M. Banks
I honestly wasn't a fan of his writings, but I am deeply sorry to see him go in such a manner. In a better world he would have had more years ahead of him.
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