Best-selling writer Ira Levin, whose novels included the occult-horror classic "Rosemary's Baby," the Nazi thriller "The Boys From Brazil" and the satirical fantasy "The Stepford Wives," has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 78.
Levin suffered a fatal heart attack in his Manhattan apartment on Monday, said agent Phyllis Westberg.
The native New Yorker, whose father was in the toy business and had hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps, decided at age 15 that he wanted a career in writing and finished second in a screenplay writing competition held by NBC while a senior at New York University.
As often happened with Levin's books, "Rosemary's Baby" became a movie -- in this case, starring Mia Farrow. "The Boys From Brazil," "The Stepford Wives" and "Sliver" were also turned into big-budget Hollywood productions.
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