his collection of Hemingway's letters to Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. Later years and death Petitclerc was led to Ketchum, Idaho, by Ernest Hemingway who moved there in the early 1960s. Petitclerc lived there for the last thirty-five years. He died on February 3, 2006, in Los Angeles due to complications from lung cancer. According to Variety, Petitclerc was working on Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, a film based on his relationship with Hemingway, at the time of his death. When he died the film was in development. The film was released in 2015. Award nomination Islands in the Stream (1974). Nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his screenplay adaptation of Hemingway's novel. Books Rage of Honor. Doubleday: 1966. Le Mans 24. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1971. . Destinies. Simon and Schuster: 1981. (Co-author Peter Bart.) . References External links 1929 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male journalists 20th-century American journalists American male novelists American male screenwriters American television directors Deaths from lung cancer in California People from Ketchum, Idaho People from Montesano, Washington American war correspondents Novelists from Washington (state) Novelists from Idaho 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers Screenwriters from Washington (state) Screenwriters from Idaho 20th-century American screenwriters War correspondents of the Korean War