Stephen Ambrose

Age: 66

Summary: best-selling author who wrote over 30 history books about World War II and the soldier's combat experience in books like D-Day June 6, 1944 and Citizen's Soldier, but who had come under fire in recent years of plagiarism.

Cause of Death: Lung cancer

Born: January 10, 1936

Died: October 13, 2002

Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi