Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 5, 1995 TAG: 9502060059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: GENEVA LENGTH: Short
Highsmith died at Carita hospital in Locarno, said a hospital official in the southern Swiss town. No cause of death was given.
Highsmith published 20 novels and seven short-story collections. Her first novel, ``Strangers on a Train,'' appeared in 1950 and was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.
Highsmith was born Jan.19, 1921, in Fort Worth, Texas. She went to school in New York and wrote comic superman stories after graduating from Barnard College. She never married or had children.
She moved to Europe in 1963, and lived in Italy, England and France before settling in a quiet, sunny corner of Switzerland. She was a loner, but loved animals, especially cats, and was fascinated by snails. She had no known survivors.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately known.
by CNB