Former CIA operative turned best-selling spy novelist Jason Matthews has died aged 69. Photo: AP
Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others in crafting his popular Red Sparrow thrillers, has died at age 69.
Matthews died on April 28 from Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), a rare, untreatable neurodegenerative disease, according to his publisher, Scribner.
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