RIP Umberto Eco

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The novelist and cultural theorist Umberto Eco has died at his home, according to a statement his family gave to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. He was 84.

Eco was best known in the U.S. for his literary debut, the historical novel The Name of the Rose. The book dealt with a murder investigation — and a literary conspiracy with far-reaching implications — at a 14th century Italian monastery.

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