Born: 4 October 1941 · Died: 11 December 2021 · Age at death: 80
How old was Anne Rice when she died?
Anne Rice died aged 80. She was born on 4 October 1941 and died on 11 December 2021.
American novelist whose Vampire Chronicles, beginning with Interview with the Vampire, turned the vampire into a brooding romantic antihero
Did you know?She was born with the male name Howard and chose to change it to Anne on her first day of school.
Quick facts
Date of birth4 October 1941
Date of death11 December 2021
Age at death80
Cause of deathStroke
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceNew Orleans, United States
Occupationwriter, novelist, screenwriter
Editor's Take:
Anne Rice made the vampire a creature of tragedy and longing rather than plain horror. She grew up in New Orleans, a city whose decaying grandeur runs through her books. She wrote Interview with the Vampire partly while grieving her young daughter, who died of leukaemia. The novel, told by the vampire Louis, appeared in 1976 and slowly became a phenomenon. Its charismatic villain Lestat took centre stage in later books, and The Vampire Chronicles sold tens of millions of copies. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt starred in the 1994 film adaptation. She also wrote erotica under pen names and later novels about the life of Jesus. A television series based on her vampires began in 2022.
Key Milestones
1976: Publishes Interview with the Vampire
1985: Publishes The Vampire Lestat
1990: Begins the Mayfair Witches series with The Witching Hour
1994: Interview with the Vampire is released as a major film
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles.
Anne Rice's birthday is October 4. She was born on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, United States.
How old was Anne Rice when she died?
Anne Rice died on December 11, 2021, aged 80.
Who shares a birthday with Anne Rice?
Famous people who share Anne Rice's October 4 birthday include Rutherford B. Hayes, Susan Sarandon, Buster Keaton, Charlton Heston and Christoph Waltz.
