Death Summary: Tony Hillerman’s health had been in decline for the past few years. He had lived through two heart attacks and surgeries for prostate and bladder cancer.

Hillerman died at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque at about 3 p.m. of pulmonary failure.

Hillerman is survived by his wife, Marie, and their six children.

Who was Tony Hillerman : Hillerman was an author of detective novels most notably being his Navajo Tribal Police mystery series.

All of his novels are set in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona.

Hillerman is credited for creating the beloved characters Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Below is a list of his Leaphorn & Chee books…

1. The Blessing Way (1970)
2. Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
3. Listening Woman (1978)
4. People Of Darkness (1980)
5. The Dark Wind (1982)
6. The Ghostway (1984)
7. Skinwalkers (1986)
8. A Thief of Time (1988)
9. Talking God (1989)
10. Coyote Waits (1990)
11. Sacred Clowns (1993)
12. The Fallen Man (1996)
13. The First Eagle (1998)
14. Hunting Badger (1999)
15. The Wailing Wind (2002)
16. The Sinister Pig (2003)
17. Skeleton Man (2004)
18. The Shape Shifter (2006)

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