Author Nicholas Evans who wrote The Horse Whisperer dies aged 72 after suffering heart attack - Daily Mail
Author Nicholas Evans, famed for writing The Horse Whisperer, has died aged 72 following a heart attack.The best-selling author, screenwriter and journalist passed away suddenly on Tuesday, his literary agency confirmed today. .A statement released this morning said: 'United Agents are very sad to announce the sudden death of the celebrated best-selling author Nicholas Evans who died suddenly on Tuesday this week following a heart attack, aged 72.'.The Horse Whisperer, published in 1995, sold around 15 million copies worldwide and was the number one bestseller in 20 countries.It was Evans' debut novel and follows a complex and talented trainer who is hired to help an injured teenager and her horse back to health after a severe injury. .Bestselling English author Nicholas Evans poses during a portrait session held in Paris in January 2012.The Horse Whisperer, published in 1995, sold around 15 million copies worldwide and was the number one bestseller in 20 countries.The best-selling author passed away suddenly on Tuesday, his agency confirmed in a statement released this morning.Evans is famed for writing bestselling novel The Horse Whisperer.'But with The Horse Whisperer I could see the story laid out before me, like stepping stones across a river.The famed author passed away following a heart attack on Tuesday.
The author, his singer-songwriter wife Charlotte along with her brother and sister-in-law suffered kidney failure and endured dialysis following the incidentEvans, then 61, said his daughter's donation - which took place at Hammersmith Hospital last July - had given him his life backIn an interview following the incident Nicholas said: ‘I took the mushrooms back to the house, showed them around and the general comment was, “Fantastic!”