| 'Cross and Switchblade' author dies |
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| Written by Eric Tiansay | |
| Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:32 PM America/New_York | |
 David Wilkerson—pastor and author of the 1963 best-seller The Cross and the Switchblade (Chosen Books/Baker Publishing Group), which helped birth the charismatic-publishing market—died in a car crash in East Texas yesterday, April 27. His wife, Gwendolyn, was injured and airlifted to a local hospital, where she was in critical condition. |
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