Anne Rice, best known for writing "Interview with the Vampire," died Saturday aged 80, her family said.
"In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage," her son Christopher Rice said in a post on her Facebook page.
He said she died of complications from a stroke.
The statement was later posted on the Instagram page of the author.
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"Interview with the Vampire," published in 1976, was made into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in 1994.