Sol Yurick, a 1960s radical and novelist whose book “The Warriors” inspired a celebrated cult film of the same name, died Jan. 5 in Brooklyn of complications from lung cancer. He was 87. Through ...

“Sol had a totally different take on things. Whether it was Marxism, Darwinism, Greek mythology, or Jewish mysticism, he was always interconnecting things at so many different levels.” By signing up, ...

(AP) A writer whose street gang novel The Warriors was adapted into a film of the same title that became a cult favorite has died. Sol Yurick was 87. His daughter, Susanna Yurick, says the author died ...

NEW YORK — Sol Yurick — a writer whose best-known work, the 1965 novel ‘‘The Warriors,’’ recast an ancient Greek battle as a tale of warring New York street gangs and earned a cult following in print, ...

Sol Yurick, author of the gang novel “The Warriors,” which spawned a cult film and a video game, died on Saturday of lung cancer, his family said Wednesday. He was 87. Yurick drew on his experiences ...

Although my only contact with Sol Yurick was a class I took with him at the Brecht Forum in New York in the early 80s, his passing genuinely touched me. For a good overview on his life, I recommend ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have co-written “Warriors,” a concept album inspired by the 1979 cult hit “The Warriors,” based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name. The 26-song album – ...

NEW YORK — A writer whose street gang novel “The Warriors” was adapted into a film of the same title that became a cult favorite has died. Sol Yurick was 87. His daughter, Susanna Yurick, says the ...

The Warrior (1979) was directed by Walter Hill. The author of the book, Sol Yurick, died aged 87, on 5 January Solomon Yurick, who was best known for his cult 1965 novel The Warriors, which recast an ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have co-written "Warriors," a concept album inspired by the 1979 cult hit movie "The Warriors," based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. The 26-song album — ...