Evan Wright, author of “Generation Kill,” who served with the U.S. Marine Corps 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in 2003 and became a well-known journalist, has died at the age of 59.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office said Friday that Wright’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. Wright’s death was reported to have been suicide.
Author Evan Wright poses with his award at the PEN USA Annual LitFest Awards Gala at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California in November 2005. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
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