According to his official Twitter account, Mr Ketchum passed away this morning after a long battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Oh, no! I'd been thinking of him last month and that it had been a while since we'd spoken so should give him a call. 
RIP, Dallas.
RIP, Dallas.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
RIP
RIP - I guess these are photos of him when he was younger - I see a bit of resemblance to Dr. Oz
My first exposure was watching the movie of The Girl Next Door ... one of the single most disturbing movies I have ever seen .... Very sorry to see him go ...
Wow. Just wow. I've been out of the loop lately. I didn't know he had been suffering from cancer.
He was one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of horror to me. I greatly enjoyed some of his books. I loved Red and his Off Season books. I was horrified by The Girl Next Door and to this day it remains on the list of books I don't think I can reread... it doesn't get much more horrifying than that.
What a loss.
R.I.P.
He was one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of horror to me. I greatly enjoyed some of his books. I loved Red and his Off Season books. I was horrified by The Girl Next Door and to this day it remains on the list of books I don't think I can reread... it doesn't get much more horrifying than that.
What a loss.
R.I.P.
Oh, man, this is horrible. I am almost finished with his novel The Lost. I have read most of his books, starting with the original paperback publication of 'Off Season' way back in the day. Such a thin novel and yet it was so utterly amazing. That book made him notorious in the publishing world and with horror readers alike. He had such an amazing talent. Another writer that could use the fewest words to convey the horror he was writing about. Man, this is tough. R.I.P. Dallas- you made your mark on the world and won't be forgotten. 
I have a few of his books. I need to pull them out sometime.
Oh, Marsha, I'm sorry about that. I bet Steve is taking it hard as he and Dallas were friends. Didn't Steve have Dallas at the ceremony when he received his 2003 National Book Foundation Medal?Oh, no! I'd been thinking of him last month and that it had been a while since we'd spoken so should give him a call.
RIP, Dallas.
Stephen KingVerified account @StephenKing 5h5 hours ago
Very sorry to hear that an old friend of mine, Dallas Mayr, died. He terrified readers with books like OFF SEASON and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. Dallas and I went back to the 70s together.
Thanks Spidey! I knew he and Dallas were friends. He and Steve are almost the same age.