Cher.

January 28, 2009 at 5:25am PST

Tags: Cher., Jack Nicholson, John Updike, lung cancer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Pulitzer Prize, RIP, Susan Sarandon, The Witches of Eastwick

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike has died from lung cancer at the age of 76.

Updike published more than 50 books during a career spanning six decades, won numerous awards, was a regular fixture on best-seller lists and had his work immortalized in celluloid in 1987 when his book The Witches of Eastwick was adapted into a film starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher.

His death was announced on Tuesday in a statement from his publisher Alfred A. Knopf.

RIP, John.

—Sasha Perl-Raver

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