He was 87.
Beginning in 1951 — just as pulp magazines were fading away — Leonard had short stories and novels published in Argosy, Dime Western Magazine and 10 Story Western Magazine, among others.
His short story, “Three-Ten to Yuma,” which ran in the March 1953 number of Dime Western, was turned into a classic film western in 1957 starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.
After the pulps, Leonard turned to men’s adventure and slick magazines, and books. He began writing full-time in 1961. Of his nearly 50 novels, 26 were turned into movies or TV shows. “Hombre,” “Mr. Majestyk,” “Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight” may be more widely known as movies than novels.
Though born in New Orleans on Oct. 11, 1925, Leonard spent most of his life in Detroit.
