nothing but praise for his performance. Chase would reprise his role in the 1989 sequel Fletch Lives (based on the Fletch character, but not adapted from any Mcdonald novel). There were no further Fletch films until the series was rebooted years after Mcdonald's death with Confess, Fletch (2022) starring Jon Hamm. His 1991 neo-western novel The Brave was adapted into an unsuccessful 1997 film directed by and starring Johnny Depp. Personal life In the mid-1980s, he moved to Pulaski, Tennessee, where he bought an antebellum farm and became involved in local politics, specifically anti-Klan work. (Pulaski was the birthplace of the KKK.) He died at his home from prostate cancer in 2008. Aside from his wife, Cheryle Higgins, whom he married in 2001, Mcdonald was survived by a sister, two sons, three stepsons and grandchildren. His first marriage ended in divorce. Bibliography Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher series Fletch (1974) Confess, Fletch (1976) Fletch's Fortune (1978) Fletch and the Widow Bradley (1981) Fletch's Moxie (1982) Fletch and the Man Who (1983) Carioca Fletch (1984) Fletch Won (1985) Fletch, Too (1986) Son of Fletch series Son of Fletch (1993) Fletch Reflected (1994) Francis Xavier Flynn series Flynn (1977) The Buck Passes Flynn (1981) Flynn's In (1984) Flynn's World (1999 as e-book; 2003 on paper) Skylar series Skylar (1995) Skylar in Yankeeland (1997) Standalone novels Running Scared (1964) Love Among the Mashed Potatoes apa Dear M.E. (1978) Who Took Toby Rinaldi? (US title)/Snatched (UK title) (1980) Safekeeping (1985) A World Too Wide (1987) Exits and Entrances (1988) Merely Players (1988) The Brave (1991) Wise Saws (unpublished) Other The Education of Gregory Mcdonald: Sketches from the Sixties. Writings About America, 1966-1973 (1985) Souvenirs of a Blown World: Sketches from the Sixties: Writings About America, 1966-1973, Seven Stories Press, 2009; collection of his writings for the Boston Globe Film adaptations Running Scared (1972) starring Robert Powell and Gayle Hunnicutt Fletch (1985) starring Chevy Chase Fletch Lives (1989) starring Chevy Chase (original screenplay by Leon Capetanos based on the Mcdonald character) The Brave (1997) starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando Confess, Fletch (2022) starring Jon Hamm References External links Official website 1937 births 2008 deaths Harvard University alumni 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American mystery writers Edgar Award winners Novelists from Massachusetts People from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 20th-century American male writers People from Pulaski, Tennessee Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in Tennessee