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Eric Jerome Dickey, a New YorkTimesbest-selling author, has died at the age of 59.

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His publicist confirmed that Dickey died on Sunday, January 3 in Los Angeles after battling a long illness.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no services.

Dickey is survived by his four daughters.

I am heartbroken, wroteLa Verne Madison Fuller on Facebook.

My cousin, Eric Jerome Dickey, passed away on yesterday.

Guys, when God tells you to do something, just do it.

Just a few weeks ago, God woke me up to text him and say that I loved him.

He let me know that he loved us too.