Bestselling author Vince Flynn has died at 47-years-old after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports.
He died Wednesday morning at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, and leaves behind a wife and three children.
Minnesota’s KARE 11 News also received confirmation of the tragedy from close family friends.
Born in St. Paul, Flynn went to Minnesota’s St. Thomas Military Academy High School and then the University of St. Thomas for college.