Henry Patterson, the popular author of The Eagle Has Landed, died at the age of 92 as his death obituary was published by his publisher HarperCollins. The author died at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.
Henry Patterson, sometimes known as Jack Higgins, was a British novelist. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and spy books.
Patterson’s 1975 novel, The Eagle Has Landed, sold over 50 million copies and was made into a popular 1976 film of the same name. His 85 novels have sold over 150 million copies worldwide and translated into 55 languages.
His other notable works are A Prayer for the Dying, and The Eagle Has Flewn, Thunder Point, Angel of Death, Flight of Eagles, and Day of Reckoning.
Henry Patterson Death Cause & Obituary
According to his publisher, best-selling mystery author Henry Patterson, the author of The Eagle Has Landed, died at the age of 92. However, the cause of death hasn’t been disclosed yet.
On July 27, 1929, Patterson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to an English father and a Northern Irish mother. When Henry’s father abandoned them soon after, his mother accompanied him back to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to live with her mother and grandparents on the Shankill Road.
He grew up in Belfast amid religious and political strife and began to read at the age of three when he was assigned to read The Christian Herald to his bedridden grandpa. He would crouch beneath a window at night and read by the light of streetlamps.
After his mother remarried, Patterson’s family moved to Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and he attended the Roundhay Grammar School for Boys. He was an uninterested student who graduated with minimal official qualifications.
British Author Henry Patterson Died At 92
According to his publisher, Henry Patterson, an author of the best-selling author The Eagle Has Landed, died at the age of 92. Between 1959 and 2017, Patterson, who began writing as a teacher, published 85 novels.
Patterson began writing books in 1959. James Graham was one of his aliases. The increasing popularity of his early work enabled him to take time away from teaching, which he finally left to become a full-time author.
He sold over 250 million books throughout his career, with additional titles such as Comes the Dark Stranger, Hell is Too Crowded, and To Catch a King. His final novel, The Midnight Bell, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2017.
Who Is Henry Patterson’s Wife?
Henry Patterson met his first wife, Amy Hewitt, at the London School of Economics, where they both studied. Henry and Amy married in 1958 and had four children: Sarah, Ruth, Sean, and Hannah.
In 1984, the couple divorced. Patterson married his second wife, Denise Palmer, in 1985. He resided in the Channel Islands on the island of Jersey.
Patterson’s net worth was estimated at around $5 million. However, this amount is just an assumption via various sources online as it hasn’t been officially reported.