Austin, TX October 30, 2005: Western novelist Elmer Kelton, shown here speaking at the 2005 Texas Book Festival, died August 22, 2009 at the age of 83 in San Angelo, TX. Kelton, voted the "Best Western Author of All Time" by the Western Writers of America, wrote 62 fiction and nonfiction books, including the acclaimed, "The Time it Never Rained" about the 1950's Texas drought. ©Bob Daemmrich

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